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James 4:4

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4You adulterousl people,a don’t you know that friendship with the worldm means enmity against God?n Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.o

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Footnotes

  1. aAn allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.

Cross references

  1. lIsa 54:5; Jer 3:20; Hos 2:2–5; 3:1; 9:1
  2. mSee Jas 1:27
  3. nRo 8:7; 1 Jn 2:15
  4. oJn 15:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.

NLTNew Living Translation

You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.