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James 4

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 17 verses

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  1. 1

    Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ πόθεν μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν

    from where · war · and · from where · fight · in · you · not · hence · from · the · pleasure · you · the · to serve as soldier · in · the · member · you

  2. 2

    ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς

    to desire · and · not · to have · to murder · and · to be zealous · and · not · to be able · to obtain · to fight · and · to war · and · not · to have · through · the · not · to ask · you

  3. 3

    αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε

    to ask · and · not · to take · because · miserable · to ask · that · in · the · pleasure · you · to spend

  4. 4

    μοιχαλίδες οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα ἐστὶν τῷ θεῷ ὃς ἐὰν οὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου ἐχθρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσταται

    adulteress · not · to see · that · the · friendship · the · world · enmity · to be · the · God · who · if · therefore · to will · friend · to be · the · world · enemy · the · God · to place

  5. 5

    ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν

    or · to think · that · in vain · the · Scripture · to say · to · envy · to long for · the · spirit · who · to dwell · in · we

  6. 6

    μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν διὸ λέγει ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν

    great · but · to give · grace · wherefore · to say · the · God · haughty · to resist · low · but · to give · grace

  7. 7

    ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ’ ὑμῶν

    to subject · therefore · the · God · to resist · but · the · slanderous · and · to flee · from · you

  8. 8

    ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν καθαρίσατε χεῖρας ἁμαρτωλοί καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας δίψυχοι

    to approach · the · God · and · to approach · you · to make clean · hand · sinner · and · unclean · heart · double-minded

  9. 9

    ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε κλαύσατε ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος μετατραπήτω καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν

    to labor hard · and · to mourn · to mourn · the · laughter · you · into · mourning · to turn around · and · the · joy · into · downcast look

  10. 10

    ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς

    to humble · before · Lord · and · to exalt · you

  11. 11

    Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων ἀδελφοί ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἢ κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής

    not · to speak against · one another · brother · the · to speak against · brother · or · to judge · the · brother · he · to speak against · law · and · to judge · law · if · but · law · to judge · not · to be · doer · law · but · judge

  12. 12

    εἷς ἐστιν ὁ νομοθέτης καὶ κριτής ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον

    one · to be · the · lawgiver · and · judge · the · to be able · to save · and · to destroy · you · but · who · to be · the · to judge · the · neighbor

  13. 13

    Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες σήμερον ἢ αὔριον πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα καὶ κερδήσομεν

    to lead · now · the · to say · this day · or · tomorrow · to go · into · this · the · city · and · to make · there · year · and · to trade · and · to gain

  14. 14

    οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τὸ τῆς αὔριον ποία γὰρ ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστε ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη ἔπειτα καὶ ἀφανιζομένη

    whoever · not · to attend to · the · the · tomorrow · of what sort · for · the · life · you · vapour · for · to be · the · to · little · to shine · thereafter · and · to make vanish

  15. 15

    ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς ἐὰν ὁ κύριος θελήσῃ καὶ ζήσομεν καὶ ποιήσομεν τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο

    against · the · to say · you · if · the · Lord · to will · and · to live · and · to make · this · or · that one

  16. 16

    νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονίαις ὑμῶν πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν

    now · but · to boast · in · the · empty boasting · you · all · glorying · such · evil · to be

  17. 17

    εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν

    to see · therefore · good · to make · and · not · to make · sin · he · to be

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  • 17 Verses
  • 278 Greek words
  • 140 Distinct lemmas

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