James 4:2

Ye desire, and ye have not: ye are envious, and jealous, and cannot obtain: ye fight and contend; but ye have not, because ye ask not.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

1Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence? even of your carnal appetites making war in your bodies?

3Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask wickedly; that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

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Cross References

Luke 11:9And so I tell you, Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.

John 16:24Hitherto ye have asked for nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

James 1:5And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given 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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