James 4:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”

James 4:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

James 4:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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James 4:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?”

James 4:1 — World English Bible

James 4:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? ”

James 4:1 — American Standard Version

James 4:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?”

James 4:1 — Young's Literal Translation

James 4:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members? ”

James 4:1 — Darby Translation

James 4:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“From whence are warres and contentions among you? are they not hence, euen of your pleasures, that fight in your members?”

James 4:1 — Geneva Bible

James 4:1 in Context — James 4

1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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

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What Does James 4:1 Mean?

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