Jam 4:4, 1Jo 2:16 | ESV | STEP | You adulterous people ! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God ? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God .

d Rom. 13:14; Eph. 2:3; 1 Pet. 4:2; 2 Pet. 2:18

James 4:4

4 ^aYou adulterous people! ^{▼▼Greek You adulteresses!} Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^cTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 2:16

16 For all that is in the world— ^dthe desires of the flesh and ^ethe desires of the eyes and pride of life ^{▼▼Or pride in possessions}—is not from the Father but is from the world.