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  James 4:13-17 James 4: 13 Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες· ( Come now, you who say,) Σήμερον ἢ αὔριον πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν ( “Today or tomorrow, we will go to such and such a city,) καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν ( and spend a year there) καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα ( and engage in business) καὶ κερδήσομεν ( and make a profit.” ) James 4: 14 οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε Yet you do not know τὸ τῆς αὔριον ποία ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν· ( what your life will be like tomorrow.) ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστε ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη, ( You are a vapor that appears for a little while) ἔπειτα καὶ ἀφανιζομένη· and then vanishes away.   James 4: 15   ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς· Instead, you ought to say, Ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θελήσῃ, καὶ ζήσομεν ( “If the Lord wills, we will live) καὶ ποιήσομεν τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο. ( and also do this or that.”)       James 4: 16 νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν ( But as it is, you boast in your arrogance.) πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν ...

  James 4:1–12 James 4: 1 [1] Πόθεν πόλεμοι  καὶ (What is the source of quarrels and ) πόθεν μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; ( conflicts among you?) οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν ( Is not the source your pleasures) τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν (that wage war in your members? )   James 4: 2 ἐπιθυμεῖτε, [2]   καὶ [3]  οὐκ ἔχετε (You lust and do not have) φονεύετε  (so  you murder) καὶ  ζηλοῦτε καὶ  οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν (envious and cannot obtain) μάχεσθε  καὶ  πολεμεῖτε ( so  you fight and quarrel) οὐκ ἔχετε [4]  ( You do not have) διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς ( because you do not ask )       James 4: 3 [5] αἰτεῖτε  καὶ [6]  οὐ λαμβάνετε (You ask and do not receive,) διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε because you ask with wrong motives, ἵ...