James 4:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So, you should submit yourselves to God, but oppose the devil, and he will flee from you.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.

American Standard Version (1901)

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Common English Bible

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

James 4:7 Cross References

Matthew 11:29

Accept my reins [on your life], and learn about me, because I am gentle and humble, and [in my service] you will experience rest in your spirits.

Acts 26:19

“As a result of this, O King, I did not disobey [the mandate of] this vision from heaven

Acts 9:6

but get up, and enter the city [of Damascus] and [there] you will be told what you must do.”

Romans 10:3

For they did not know about God’s way of making people right with Himself, so they attempted to establish their own way. In doing this they did not submit to God’s way for being made right with Him.

Romans 14:11

For it is written [Isa. 45:23], “As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord, everyone’s knee will bow before me, and everyone’s mouth will confess to [or, praise] God.”

Ephesians 4:27

And do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into sin].

Ephesians 5:21

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 6:13

Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that you can withstand [the devil, See verse 11] when the evil day comes. And, after you have done everything you can, still remain standing firm [in the faith].

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them [for it]; should we not much rather submit to the Father of our spirits [i.e., God], so we can live [spiritually]?

1 Peter 2:13

Submit yourselves to every authority set up by people for the Lord’s sake. [Submit to] a king as the [highest] authority,

1 Peter 5:6

Therefore, be humble [in your actions] before God’s powerful authority, so that you may be exalted [by Him] at the proper time.