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Friendship with the world, enmity with God.

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1 There are fights and quarrels between you. Do you know where these things come from? It comes from the selfish desires that fight inside you.
James 4: 1

2 You desire things, but you do not receive them. That is why you kill and are jealous of other people. But you still don’t get what you want. That is why you fight and quarrel. You don’t get what you want because you don’t ask God.
James 4: 2

3 But when you ask, you do not receive. Because what you are asking for is wrong. You ask for these things so that you can use them only for your own pleasure.
James 4: 3

4 So you people are not faithful to God. You must know that to love the world is to hate God. So anyone who wants to be a friend of this world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4: 4

5 Do you think that the Scriptures are meaningless? The Scriptures say, “The Spirit that God made to dwell in us wants us only for himself.”
James 4: 5

6 But grace is greater than all grace. As the Scriptures say, “God is against the haughty, but he is gracious to the humble.”
James 4: 6

7 So dedicate yourself to God. Resist the devil, and the devil will flee from you.
James 4: 7

8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. You are guilty So cleanse your hearts from your evil deeds. You are trying to walk in the way of the world and of God at the same time. Purify your thoughts.
James 4: 8

9 Be sad, be sorry, and cry. Turn your laughter into tears, turn your happiness into sadness.
James 4: 9

10 Humble yourselves before God, and he will make you great.
James 4:10

Paul’s vision and thorn

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1 I am proud, though not good for me, but now I have come to discuss the Lord’s visions and the words of revelation.

2 I know a man in Christ who was suddenly taken up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. I do not know if he was taken away, but God knows.

3 And I know a man, whether he be with the body, or separate from the flesh: for God knoweth;

4 And suddenly he was taken up into heaven, and heard a word which was not spoken, and which is not good for a man.

5 I will be proud of him, but I will not be proud of my weaknesses.

6 For if I should boast, I will not be a fool, for I will speak the truth. But I restrain myself so that no one understands me better than the one who sees me or hears me.

7 And because I am not exceedingly exceeded by the abundance of the words of light, a thorn in my flesh, the devil’s messenger, hath struck me so that I may not be exceedingly exceeded.

8 For this cause I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

9 And he said unto me, My grace is great unto thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. So I will be very proud of my weaknesses so that the power of Christ will remain with me.

10 For this cause I rejoice in Christ in weaknesses, and in months, and in tribulations, and in distresses: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Publications on Paul’s vision

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1 I am proud, though not good for me, but now I have come to talk about the visions of the Lord and the words of revelation.



2 I know a man in Christ who was suddenly taken up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. I do not know whether he was taken away with or without body, but God knows.

3 And I know a man, whether he be with the body, or separate from the flesh: but God knoweth;



4 And suddenly he was taken up into heaven, and heard a word which was not spoken, and which is not good for a man.



5 I will boast of such a one, but I will not boast of my own weaknesses.



6 For if I should boast, I will not be a fool, for I will speak the truth. But I restrain myself so that no one understands me better than he who sees me or hears me.



7 And because I am not exceedingly exceeded by the abundance of the words of light, a thorn in my flesh, the devil’s messenger, shall smite me, that I may not be exceedingly exceeded.



8 For this cause I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.



9 And he said unto me, My grace is great unto thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. So I will be very proud of my weaknesses so that the power of Christ will remain with me.



10 For this cause I rejoice in Christ in weaknesses, and in months, and in tribulations, and in persecutions: for when I am weak, then am I strong.