James 4
1 Where do the wars and disputes among you come from? Is it not precisely from your pleasures, the ones at war in your members?
ποθεν πολεμοι και μαχαι εν υμιν ουκ εντευθεν εκ των ηδονων υμων των στρατευομενων εν τοις μελεσιν υμων
2 You crave and do not have; you murder and covet and are not able to obtain; you fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
επιθυμειτε και ουκ εχετε φονευετε και ζηλουτε και ου δυνασθε επιτυχειν μαχεσθε και πολεμειτε [ και ] ουκ εχετε δια το μη αιτεισθαι υμας
3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may lavish it on your pleasures.
αιτειτε και ου λαμβανετε διοτι κακως αιτεισθε ινα εν ταις ηδοναις υμων δαπανησητε
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? So whoever may want to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
μοιχοι και μοιχαλιδες ουκ οιδατε οτι η φιλια του κοσμου εχθρα του θεου εστιν ος αν ουν βουληθη φιλος ειναι του κοσμου εχθρος του θεου καθισταται
5 Or do you suppose that the Scripture says in vain that the Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously?
η δοκειτε οτι κενως η γραφη λεγει προς φθονον επιποθει το πνευμα ο κατωκησεν εν ημιν
6 But He gives greater grace; therefore He says: “God resists proud ones, but gives grace to humble ones.”
μειζονα δε διδωσιν χαριν διο λεγει ο θεος υπερηφανοις αντιτασσεται ταπεινοις δε διδωσιν χαριν
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
υποταγητε ουν τω θεω αντιστητε τω διαβολω και φευξεται αφ υμων
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Sinners, cleanse your hands! Double-minded, purify your hearts!
εγγισατε τω θεω και εγγιει υμιν καθαρισατε χειρας αμαρτωλοι και αγνισατε καρδιας διψυχοι
9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into dejection.
ταλαιπωρησατε και πενθησατε και κλαυσατε ο γελως υμων εις πενθος μεταστραφητω και η χαρα εις κατηφειαν
10 Humble yourself before the Lord and He will exalt you.
ταπεινωθητε ενωπιον του κυριου και υψωσει υμας
11 Brothers, do not speak evil of one another. Because the one speaking against a brother and judging his brother speaks against a law and judges a law. So if you judge a law you are not a law-doer but a judge.
μη καταλαλειτε αλληλων αδελφοι ο καταλαλων αδελφου και κρινων τον αδελφον αυτου καταλαλει νομου και κρινει νομον ει δε νομον κρινεις ουκ ει ποιητης νομου αλλα κριτης
12 The Lawgiver and Judge is One, the one who is able to save and to destroy. So who are you (sg) to be judging someone who is different?
εις εστιν ο νομοθετης και κριτης ο δυναμενος σωσαι και απολεσαι συ δε τις ει ος κρινεις τον ετερον
13 Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us travel to that certain city, spend a year there, do business and make a profit;”
αγε νυν οι λεγοντες σημερον και αυριον πορευσομεθα εις τηνδε την πολιν και ποιησομεν εκει ενιαυτον ενα και εμπορευσομεθα και κερδησομεν
14 whereas you do not know anything about the morrow. For what is our life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time but then vanishes away.
οιτινες ουκ επιστασθε το της αυριον ποια γαρ η ζωη υμων ατμις γαρ εσται η προς ολιγον φαινομενη επειτα [ δε ] και αφανιζομενη
15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
αντι του λεγειν υμας εαν ο κυριος θεληση και ζησομεν και ποιησομεν τουτο η εκεινο
16 But now you boast in your arrogant pretensions. All such boasting is malignant.
νυν δε καυχασθε εν ταις αλαζονειαις υμων πασα καυχησις τοιαυτη πονηρα εστιν
17 Therefore, to the one knowing to do good and not doing it, to him it is sin.
ειδοτι ουν καλον ποιειν και μη ποιουντι αμαρτια αυτω εστιν
