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From whence come warres and fightings among you? come they not hence, euen of your lusts, that warre in your members?
- 1611 King James Bible
James 4:1 side note reference: Or, brawlings. , Or, pleasures.
Other Translations of James 4:1
From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')
Whence `come' wars and whence `come' fightings among you? `come they' not hence, `even' of your pleasures that war in your members?
- American Standard Version (1901)
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
- Basic English Bible
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
- Darby Bible
From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?
- Douay Rheims Bible
Jas 4:1 Control of the Passions SUMMARY OF JAMES 4: Strifes from the War of Passions. Fornication with the World. Seeking the Grace of God. Humbling Ourselves Before the Lord. Evil Speaking of Brethren. The Uncertainties of This Life. From which [come] wars and fightings? Peace has been spoken in Jas 3:18, but the world is full of strife. Whence is it? James shows it is due to human passions. Among you? James was so Jewish, though a Christian, that sometimes he looked beyond the church to his fleshly brethren. He here seems to address them like another Amos or Jeremiah. [Even] from your own lusts. They are due to insatiate desires.
- People's Bible
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even from your lusts that war in your members?
- Webster's Bible
What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?
- Weymouth Bible
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
- World English Bible
Wherof ben batelis and cheestis among you? Whether not of youre coueitisis, that fiyten in youre membris?
- Wycliffe Bible
Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
- Youngs Literal Bible
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View Wesley's Notes for James 4:1
4:1 From whence come wars and fightings - Quarrels and wars among you, quite opposite to this peace? Is it not from your pleasures - Your desires of earthly pleasures. Which war - Against your souls. In your members - Here is the first seat of the war. Hence proceeds the war of man with man, king with king, nation with nation.
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