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James 4:1

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James 4:1 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Whence `come' wars and whence `come' fightings among you? `come they' not hence, `even' of your pleasures that war in your members?

    ASV

  • What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

    BBE

  • Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, -- from your pleasures, which war in your members?

    DBY

  • Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

    WEB

  • Whence `are' wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

    YLT

  • From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not behind, even of your lusts that war in your members?

    ENG

  • From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even from your lusts that war in your members?

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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