James 4:1

From whence are there among you wars and strifes? Is it not from the lusts which war in your members?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

In Context

2You desire, and have not; you kill and are emulous, yet it cometh not into your hands; you strive and make wars, and nothing have because you do not ask;

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Cross References

Mark 7:21For from within, from the heart of the sons of men, go forth evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, robbery, murder,

Romans 7:5For while we were in the flesh, the affections of sin, which are against the law, wrought powerfully in our members to yield fruits unto death;

Romans 8:7Because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards Aloha; for to the law of Aloha it is not subject, for it cannot be;

Colossians 3:5Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, and passions, and evil desires, and covetousness, which itself is idolatry.

Titus 3:3For we also were afore-time without understanding, and disobedient and erring, and were subjected to various lusts; and in malice, and in envy we conversed, and were hateful, and also hating one another.

Matthew Henry on James 4:1

In this chapter we are directed to consider, I. Some causes of contention, besides those mentioned in the foregoing chapter, and to watch against them, ver. 1-5 . II. We are taught to abandon the friendship of this world, so as to submit and subject ourselves entirely to God, ver. 4-10 . III. All detraction and rash judgment of others are to be carefully avoided, ver. 11, 12 . IV. We must preserve a constant regard, and pay the utmost deference to the disposals of divine Providence, ver. 13, to the end . Read the whole commentary →

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