James

James 4:1

1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?a

Footnotes

  • a 4:1 Literally passions warring among your members?

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EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
WhatΠόθενPothenAdverbG4159 whence
conflictsπόλεμοιpolemoiNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralG4171 a war, battle, strife
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
quarrelsμάχαιmachaiNoun - Nominative Feminine PluralG3163 strife, contention, quarrel
amongἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
youὑμῖνhyminPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralG4771 you
Don’tοὐκoukAdverbG3756 no, not
fromἐκekPrepositionG1537 from out, out from among, from
passionsἡδονῶνhēdonōnNoun - Genitive Feminine PluralG2237 pleasure, lust, strong desire
at warστρατευομένωνstrateuomenōnVerb - Present Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine PluralG4754 I wage war, fight
withinἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
youὑμῶνhymōnPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person PluralG4771 you

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1 Peter 2:11 · Galatians 5:17 · Romans 7:23 · James 1:14 · Romans 8:7 · 1 John 2:15–17 · Jeremiah 17:9 · Jude 1:16–18 · 1 Peter 1:14 · Colossians 3:5 · Mark 7:21–23 · James 3:14–18

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