James 4:5 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁵ Or do you think that the Scripture speaks in vain? The spirit that dwells in us desires to the point of envy,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love? [Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19ff.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

Common English Bible

⁵ Or do you suppose that scripture is meaningless? Doesn’t God long for our faithfulness in the life he has given to us?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: "The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

James 4:5 Tagairtí Cros

John 10:35

If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

John 19:37

And, as another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

John 7:42

Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 1:29

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, evil, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and maliciousness. They are gossips,

Romans 9:17

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised yoʋ up for the very purpose of showing my power in yoʋ, so that my name might be declared in all the earth.”

1 Corinthians 6:19

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own,

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Galatians 3:8

Now the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in yoʋ.”

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, and enslaved to various lusts and pleasures. Living in wickedness and envy, we were loathsome and hated one another.