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James 4:3

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3You ask and ado not receive, because you ask 1with wrong motives, so that you may spend it 2on your pleasures.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit wickedly
  2. 2Lit in

Cross references

  1. a1 John 3:22; 5:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

NLTNew Living Translation

And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend it on your pleasures.

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.