James 4:2

You 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;

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

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1From whence are there among you wars and strifes? Is it not from the lusts which war in your members?

3you ask and receive not, because you ask wickedly, as that you may cherish your lusts.

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Cross References

Luke 11:9I say also to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

John 16:24Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name: ask, and receive, that your joy may be full.

James 1:5If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask of Aloha, who giveth to all expansively, and upbraideth not, and it is given to him.

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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