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highlighted James 4:2-6 ESV
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
Apr 29
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highlighted James 3:16-18 ESV
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Apr 28
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highlighted James 3:6 ESV
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Apr 28
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highlighted James 3:7 ESV
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,
Apr 28
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highlighted James 3:8 ESV
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Apr 28
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highlighted James 2:26 ESV
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
Apr 28
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highlighted James 2:14-17 ESV
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Apr 28
Alexandria
highlighted James 2:1-4 ESV
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet,"have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Apr 28
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highlighted James 2:8 ESV
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Apr 28
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highlighted James 1:26-27 ESV
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Apr 2
Alexandria
highlighted James 1:23 ESV
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.
Apr 2
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highlighted James 1:22 ESV
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Apr 2
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highlighted James 1:19-21 ESV
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Apr 2
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highlighted James 1:17 ESV
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Apr 2
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highlighted James 1:12 ESV
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Apr 2
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highlighted Hebrews 13:8 ESV
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Mar 28
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highlighted Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"
Mar 28
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highlighted Hebrews 12:27-29 ESV
This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,for our God is a consuming fire.
Mar 28
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highlighted Hebrews 12:14-16 ESV
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
Mar 28
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highlighted Hebrews 12:11 ESV
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Mar 28