4:1 Whence (come) wars and whence (come) fightings among you? (come they) not hence, (even) of your pleasures that war in your members?
4:1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
4:2 You lust and do not have; [so] you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain; [so] you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend (it) in your pleasures.
4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.

4:4 Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
4:4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

4:5 Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?

4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore (the scripture) saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
4:6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore [it] says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."

4:7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
4:9 Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy to gloom.

4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
4:10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

4:11 Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
4:11 Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge [of it.]

4:12 One (only) is the lawgiver and judge, (even) he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?
4:12 There is [only] one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?

4:13 Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:
4:13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow, we shall go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."

4:14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are [ just] a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
4:15 Instead, [you ought] to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and also do this or that."

4:16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
4:16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

4:17 To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
4:17 Therefore, to one who knows [the] right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.