James 4:7

Therefore submit to God. Stand up to the devil, and he will flee from you.

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In The King James Version

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

In Context

6But he gives us greater grace; and that is why it says, – ‘God opposes the haughty, but gives grace to the humble.’

8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillators!

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Cross References

Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How dread are your works, so great is your might that your enemies cringe to you.

Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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