Jam 3:13-4:10 | ESV | STEP | Who is wise and understanding among you ? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom .

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? ^aBy his good conduct let him show his works ^bin the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter ^cjealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not ^dthe wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, ^edemonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But ^fthe wisdom from above is first pure, then ^gpeaceable, gentle, open to reason, ^hfull of mercy and good fruits, ⁱimpartial and ^jsincere. 18 And ^ka harvest of righteousness ^lis sown in peace by those who make peace.

James 4:1-10

Warning Against Worldliness

1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions ^{▼▼Greek pleasures; also verse 3} are ⁿat war within you? ^{▼▼Greek in your members} 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask ^pwrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 ^qYou adulterous people! ^{▼▼Greek You adulteresses!} Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^sTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^tthat he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But ^uhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^v“God opposes the proud but ^wgives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. ^xResist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 ^yDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you. ^zCleanse your hands, you sinners, and ^aapurify your hearts, ^abyou double-minded. 9 ^acBe wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 ^adHumble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.