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Themes in James 4

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Themes in James 4

James 4:1 (show verse)

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

Ambition » Leads to strife and contention
Error » Definition of » Origin of
Lust » What comes out of lust
Sin » Of youth, results of » Origin of
Sins » Increment » Origin
Strife » Excited by » Lusts
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Origin of
War » Originates in the lusts of men
War/weapons » Where wars come from

James 4:2 (show verse)

You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;

Ambition » Leads to strife and contention
Desires » Evil
Evil » Results of » Desires
Lust » What comes out of lust
Prayer » Morning » Neglect of
War/weapons » Where wars come from
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rapacity of

James 4:3 (show verse)

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

Lust » What comes out of lust
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Ask amiss
War/weapons » Where wars come from
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence

James 4:4 (show verse)

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.

Adultery » Adulterers and adulteresses
Enemies » Who is the enemy of God
Enmity » What is enmity against God
Friendship » Those that are a friend of the world
Friendship » The friendship of the world
Titles and names of the wicked » enemies of God
Worldliness » Warnings against

James 4:5 (show verse)

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"?

Envy » A work of the flesh
Envy » What lusts to envy
Spirit/souls » The spirit

James 4:6 (show verse)

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."

Gifts from God » Spiritual » Grace
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Grace
God » Grace of » May be rendered ineffectual
God » To believers » To the humble
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the humble
Grace » Who the lord gives grace to
Grace » Divine » May be rendered ineffectual
Grace » God's » May be rendered ineffectual
Grace » Specially given » To the humble
Humbleness » The humble
Humility » They who have » Receive more grace
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Resisted
The Proud » General references to
Resistance » Who God resists

James 4:7 (show verse)

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Adversary » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Duty of resisting
Consolation under Affliction » To the tempted
Devil » Resist the
Devil/devils » Resisting the devil
Devil/devils » Who the devil flees from
God » Promises to the tempted » Final victory
God's Promises » To the tempted » Final victory
Limitations of satan » Knows when he is defeated
Resistance » Who to resist
Resistance » The reward for resisting the devil
Satan » Tempts men vanquished by men » Resistance to
Satan » Indwelling limited in power » Knows when he is defeated
Serpent » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Duty of resisting
Submission » To the divine will
Submission » Submitting yourself to the lord
promises to Tempted » Final victory
Tempter » The arch deceiver attempts to ruin men » Duty of resisting
The Devil » Saints » Should resist
The Devil » Character of » Cowardly
War » Figurative » Is against » The Devil
Warfare of saints » Is against » The Devil

James 4:8 (show verse)

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

Access to God » Promises connected with
Access to God » The wicked commanded to seek
Character » Instability of
Cleanness » Being clean
Cleanness » What to cleanse
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual encouraged
Closeness » Who the lord is near to
Closeness » The reward for drawing near to God
Draw near to God » In prayer and fellowship
God » Christ as » Draw near to, in prayer and fellowship
Heart » Renewed » Pure
Heart » Purifying your heart
The Heart » Should be » Purified
Nearness to God » In prayer and fellowship
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Encouraged
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged

James 4:9 (show verse)

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

Earthly » Joy joy » Joy, earthly
Joy » Earthly » Manifested in laughter
Joy » Earthly » General references to
Joy » Of the wicked
Joy » Of the wicked » Should be turned into mourning
Repentance » Should be accompanied by » Humility
Sinners » Disowned » Joy of, brief

James 4:10 (show verse)

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Humbleness » The reward for humbling yourself
Humbleness » Humbling yourself before the lord
Humility » Encouraged
Humility » They who have » Lifted up by God
Law » The lord being the lawgiver
Repentance » Should be accompanied by » Humility
Uplift » Who the lord lifts up

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

Doer » Of the word
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Law » The lord being the lawgiver
Slander » Forbidden
Slander » Includes » Judging uncharitably
Speaking, evil » Warnings against
Speech/communication » Those that speak evil of others
The judgment of babylon » Those that judge others

James 4:12 (show verse)

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge -- the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?

Charitableness » Judgment forbidden
Charity » Judgment forbidden
eternal Death » God alone can inflict
Judgment » Forbidden
Judgment » It is assuming too much
Law » The lord being the lawgiver
Lawgiver » God as
Slander » Includes » Judging uncharitably
Speech/communication » Those that speak evil of others
The judgment of babylon » Those that judge others

James 4:13 (show verse)

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."

Boasting » What not to boast of
Commerce » Called » Buying and selling
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Evil » What is evil
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
Plans of men » Bold » Business man
Plans of men » Plans, examples of » Bold » Business man
Presuming upon time » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Presumption » Warnings against
Presumption » Exhibited in » Planning for futurity
Presumption » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » Bold » Business man
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
Time » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain

James 4:14 (show verse)

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

Boasting » What not to boast of
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Endurance » What does not endure
Evil » What is evil
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a vanishing vapour
Life » Brief » Like a vanishing vapour
Life » What life is
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
natural Life » Is compared to » A vapor
Meteorology » Vapour
Presuming upon time » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Presumption » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Seven » Uncertainties » Life
Time » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Time » Brevity of » Like a vanishing vapour
seven Uncertainties » Life
Vanishing » What vanishes away

James 4:15 (show verse)

You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that."

Boasting » What not to boast of
death » Preparation for
Evil » What is evil
God » Will of, submission to » The rule of every-day life
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
Will » God's, submission to » The rule of every-day life

James 4:16 (show verse)

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Boasting » Boasting, the folly of
Boasting » What not to boast of
Evil » What is evil

James 4:17 (show verse)

So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

Duty » Masters' » Neglect of
Error » Sins » Of omission
Error » Definition of » Neglect of opportunity
Mercy » Neglect of
Neglect » Of duty
Neglect » Of mercy and help
Sin » What is sin
Sin » Against knowledge
Sin » Internal » Of omission
Sin » Defined » Neglect of opportunity
Sin » Omission of what we know to be good is
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Of omission
Transgression » Sin, definition of » Neglect of opportunity