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?
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | Πόθεν | Pothen | Adverb | G4159 whence |
| conflicts | πόλεμοι | polemoi | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G4171 a war, battle, strife |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| quarrels | μάχαι | machai | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G3163 strife, contention, quarrel |
| among | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| Don’t | οὐκ | ouk | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| from | ἐκ | ek | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| passions | ἡδονῶν | hēdonōn | Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural | G2237 pleasure, lust, strong desire |
| at war | στρατευομένων | strateuomenōn | Verb - Present Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Plural | G4754 I wage war, fight |
| within | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| you | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
Cross-references
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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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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.