Jam 4:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says , He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us ?

c 1 Pet. 5:5; Cited from Prov. 3:34 (Gk.)

James 4:5-6

5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^athat he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But ^bhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^c“God opposes the proud but ^dgives grace to the humble.”