James 4 Iakōbou 4
1Pothen polemois kai ⸀pothen machais en vi? ouk enteuthen, ek taiu hēdonaiu vu taiu strateuorōntaiu en tei melei vu?What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? 2epithumavō, kai ouk echavō; foneuavō kai zēlavō, kai ouk dunovō epitunchanara; machovō kai polemavō. ouk echavō dia tem mē aitorō vin;You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3aitavō kai ouk labavō, dioti kakōs aitovō, hina en tai hēdonai vu dapanaveia.And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 4⸀moichalidair, ouk oidavē hoti tas filias tou kosmou echthras tou theou atō? hos ⸀ean oun bouliteia filos arō tou kosmou, echthros tou theou katastēotō.You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. 5ē dokavō hoti kenōs tas grafas legatō; Pros fthonon epipothatō tem pneumem hem ⸀katoikizata en ni?Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy? 6megoteran de dōatō charitan; dio legatō; Tos theos huperēfanoi antitassotō tapeinoi de dōatō charitan.But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7hupotassivar oun to theo; antistēavar de to diabolo, kai fugeti apo vu;Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8engizavar to theo, kai ⸀engizati vi. katharizavar cheirain, hamartōloir, kai hagnizavar kardiain, dipsuchoir.Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9talaipōravar kai penthavar kai klaiavar; tos gelōtos vu eis penthem ⸀metatrepitar kai tas charas eis katēfeian;Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10tapeinivar enōpion ⸀kuriou, kai hupsati vin.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
11Mē katalalavōr allēloiu, adelfoir; tos katalalarōntos adelfou ⸀ē krinarōntos ton adelfon autou katalalatō nomou kai krinatō nomon; ei de nomon krinasō, ouk asō poiētos nomou alla kritos.Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. 12henos ⸀atō nomothetos ⸂kai kritos,⸃ tos dunorōntos sōzara kai apolara; sis de tinos asō, ⸂tos krinarōntor⸃ ton ⸀plēsion?There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
13Agasōr nun tois legarōntoir; Sēmeron ⸀ē aurion ⸀poreueni eis hōdan tan polan kai ⸀poiani ekei ⸀eniauton kai ⸀emporeueni kai ⸀kerdainani;Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” 14hotinois ouk epistovō ⸀tem tau aurion ⸀poias tas zōas vu; atmidas gar ⸀avō ⸀tas pros oligem fanorōntas, ⸀epeita kai afanizorōntas;You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15anti teu legarō vin; Ean tos kurios ⸀thelateia, kai ⸀zōani kai ⸀poiani houtem ē ekeinem.Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.” 16nun de kauchovō en tai alazoneiai vu; pantas kauchēsias toioutas ponēras atō.As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil. 17oidarēnto oun kalem poiarō kai mē poiarōnto, hamartas auto atō.Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
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1 ⸀pothen Byz omits. 4 ⸀moichalidair Byz moichois kai moichalidair. ⸀ean some edd. an. 5 ⸀katoikizata Byz katoikata. 8 ⸀engizati mod. edd. ἐγγίσει. 9 ⸀metatrepitar some edd. μεταστραφήτω. 10 ⸀kuriou some edd. tou kuriou. 11 ⸀ē Byz kai. 12 ⸀atō other edd. +tos. ⸂kai kritos⸃ Byz omits. ⸂tos krinarōntor⸃ Byz hos krinasō. ⸀plēsion Byz ἕτερον. 13 ⸀ē Byz kai. ⸀poreueni Byz πορευσώμεθα. ⸀poiani some edd. poianeia. ⸀eniauton Byz +henon. ⸀emporeueni Byz ἐμπορευσώμεθα. ⸀kerdainani Byz κερδήσωμεν. 14 ⸀tem mod. edd. omit. ⸀poias some edd. +gar. ⸀avō Byz eti. ⸀tas mod. edd. omit. ⸀epeita Byz +de. 15 ⸀thelateia mod. edd. thelateiō. ⸀zōani Byz zōaneia. ⸀poiani Byz poianeia.