But he must ask in faith without doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.
James 1:7 - The Text-Critical English New Testament That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, American Standard Version (1901) For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; Common English Bible People like that should never imagine that they will receive anything from the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version then a man should not consider that he would receive anything from the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. |
But he must ask in faith without doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.