THE FRIEND OF THE WORLD IS THE ENEMY OF GOD

YOU DO NOT HAVE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT ASK GOD.

3 WHEN YOU ASK,

YOU DO NOT RECEIVE,

BECAUSE YOU ASK WITH WRONG MOTIVES,

THAT YOU MAY SPEND WHAT YOU GET ON YOUR PLEASURES.

4 YOU ADULTEROUS PEOPLE,

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD

IS HATRED TOWARD GOD?

ANYONE WHO CHOOSES TO BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD

BECOMES THE ENEMY OF GOD.

7 SUBMIT YOURSELVES, THEN, TO GOD.

RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.

8 COME NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL COME NEAR TO YOU.

WASH YOU HANDS, YOU SINNERS,

AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, YOU DOUBLE-MINDED.

9 GRIEVE, MOURN AND WAIL.

CHANGE YOUR LAUGHTER INTO MOURNING

AND YOUR JOY TO GLOOM.

10 HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD,

AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP.

12 THERE IS ONLY ONE LAWGIVER AND JUDGE,

THE ONE WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE AND DESTROY.

(James 4:1-12)