James

James 4:3–4

³And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

⁴You adulteresses!^b Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself^c an enemy of God.

Footnotes

b 4:4 See Hosea 3:1|HOS 3:1.
c 4:4 Or is appointed

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James 4:3

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
you do ask	αἰτεῖτε	aiteite	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G154 I ask, request, beg, petition
not	οὐ	ou	Adverb	G3756 no, not
receive	λαμβάνετε	lambanete	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2983 I receive, take
because	διότι	dioti	Conjunction	G1360 on this account, because, for
you ask	αἰτεῖσθε	aiteisthe	Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural	G154 I ask, request, beg, petition
with wrong motives	κακῶς	kakōs	Adverb	G2560 badly, evilly
that	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
you may squander	δαπανήσητε	dapanēsēte	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1159 I spend, bear expense, waste
on	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
your	ὑμῶν	hymōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
pleasures	ἡδοναῖς	hēdonais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G2237 pleasure, lust, strong desire

James 4:4

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
adulteresses	Μοιχαλίδες	Moichalides	Noun - Vocative Feminine Plural	G3428 an adulteress
Do you not know	οἴδατε	oidate	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1492 I know, remember
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
friendship	φιλία	philia	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G5373 friendship
with the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
world	κόσμου	kosmou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2889 the world, universe
is	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
hostility	ἔχθρα	echthra	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G2189 enmity, hostility
God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
Therefore	οὖν	oun	Conjunction	G3767 therefore, then
whoever	ὃς	hos	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
chooses	βουληθῇ	boulēthē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1014 I will, intend, desire
to be	εἶναι	einai	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G1510 I am, exist
a friend	φίλος	philos	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5384 friendly, a friend
of the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
world	κόσμου	kosmou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2889 the world, universe
renders himself	καθίσταται	kathistatai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G2525 I set, establish, appoint, conduct
an enemy	ἐχθρὸς	echthros	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2190 hated, hostile, an enemy
of God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god

Cross-references

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James 4:3 1 John 5:14 · 1 John 3:22 · James 1:6–7 · James 4:1 · Proverbs 15:8 · Psalm 66:18–19 · Micah 3:4 · Job 35:12 · Zechariah 7:13 · Job 27:8–10 · Luke 16:1–2 · Proverbs 21:13

James 4:4 1 John 2:15–16 · Romans 8:7 · Matthew 6:24 · John 15:19 · Galatians 1:10 · John 17:14 · James 1:27 · John 15:23–24 · Romans 5:10 · Hosea 3:1 · John 7:7 · Matthew 16:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.