1 We are to strive against covetousness;
4 intemperance;
5 pride;
11 detraction and rash judgment of others;
13 and not to be confident in the good success of worldly business, but mindful ever of the uncertainty of this life, to commit ourselves and all our affairs to God's providence.

whence. 3:14-18

fightings. or, brawlings. come they. 1:14 Ge 4:5-8 Jer 17:9 Mt 15:19 Mr 7:21-23 Joh 8:44 Ro 8:7 1Ti 6:4-10 Tit 3:3 1Pe 1:14 2:11 4:2,3 2Pe 2:18 3:3 1Jo 2:15-17 Jude 1:16-18

lusts. or, pleasures. See on ver. 3

in. Ro 7:5,23 Ga 5:17 Col 3:5

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.

lust. 5:1-5 Pr 1:19 Ec 4:8 Hab 2:5 1Ti 6:9,10

kill. or, envy. because. 1:5 Isa 7:12 Mt 7:7,8 Lu 11:9-13 Joh 4:10 16:24

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

ask, and. 1:6,7 Job 27:8-10 35:12 Ps 18:41 66:18,19 Pr 1:28 15:8 21:13,27 Isa 1:15,16 Jer 11:11,14 14:12 Mic 3:4 Zec 7:13 Mt 20:22 Mr 10:38 1Jo 3:22 5:14

ye may. Lu 15:13,30 16:1,2

lusts. or, pleasures. 1

4 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.

adulterers. Ps 50:18 73:27 Isa 57:3 Jer 9:2 Ho 3:1 Mt 12:39 16:4

the friendship. Joh 7:7 15:19,23 17:14 1Jo 2:15,16

enmity. Ge 3:15 Ro 8:7

whosoever. Ga 1:10

is the. Ps 21:8 Lu 19:27 Joh 15:23,24 Ro 5:10

5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

the scripture. Joh 7:42 10:35 19:37 Ro 9:17 Ga 3:8

The spirit. Ge 4:5,6 6:5 8:21 26:14 30:1 37:11 Nu 11:29 Ps 37:1 106:16 Pr 21:10 Ec 4:4 Isa 11:13 Ac 7:9 Ro 1:29 Tit 3:3

to envy. or, enviously.

6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

God. Ex 10:3,4 15:9,10 18:11 1Sa 2:3 Job 22:29 40:10-12 Ps 138:6 Pr 3:34 6:16,17 29:23 Isa 2:11,12,17 10:8-14 16:6,7 Da 4:37 5:20-23 Mt 23:12 Lu 1:52 14:11 18:14 1Pe 5:5

giveth grace. 2Ch 32:26 33:12,19,23 34:27 Job 22:29 Ps 9:12 Pr 15:33 18:12 22:4 Isa 57:15

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Submit. 1Sa 3:18 2Sa 15:26 2Ki 1:13-15 2Ch 30:8 33:12,13 Job 1:21 40:3-5 42:1-6 Ps 32:3-5 66:3 68:30 Jer 13:18 Da 4:25,32,34-37 Mt 11:29 Ac 9:6 16:29-31 26:19 Ro 10:3 14:11 Eph 5:21 Heb 12:9 1Pe 2:13

Resist. Mt 4:3-11 Lu 4:2-13 Eph 4:27 6:11,12 1Pe 5:8,9 Re 12:9-11

8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Draw nigh to God. Ge 18:23 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 15:2 Ps 73:28 145:18 Isa 29:13 55:6,7 Ho 6:1,2 Zec 1:3 Mal 3:7 Heb 7:19 10:22

Cleanse. Job 9:30 16:17 17:9 Ps 18:20 24:4 26:6 73:13 Isa 1:15,16 13:15 Mt 15:2 27:24 1Ti 2:8 1Pe 3:21

purity. Ps 51:6,7,10 Jer 4:11 Eze 18:31 36:25-27 Mt 12:33 23:25,26 Lu 11:39,40 Ac 15:9 2Co 7:1 1Pe 1:22 1Jo 3:3

ye double. See on ch. 1:8

9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

afflicted. 5:1,2 Ps 119:67,71,136 126:5,6 Ec 7:2-5 Isa 22:12,13 Jer 31:9,13,18-20 Eze 7:16 16:63 Zec 12:10 *etc: Mt 5:4 Lu 6:21 2Co 7:10,11

let. Job 30:31 Pr 14:13 Ec 2:2 7:6 La 5:15 Lu 6:25 16:25 Re 18:7,8

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Humble. See on ver. 6,7

he. 1Sa 2:9 Job 22:29 Ps 27:6 28:9 30:1 113:7 147:6 Mt 23:12 Lu 14:11 18:14 1Pe 5:6

11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Speak. Ps 140:11 Eph 4:31 1Ti 3:11 2Ti 3:3 Tit 2:3 1Pe 2:1

and judgeth. Mt 7:1,2 Lu 6:37 Ro 2:1 14:3,4,10-12 1Co 4:5

speaketh evil of the law. Ro 7:7,12,13

a doer. 1:22,23,25 Ro 2:13

12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

lawgiver. Isa 33:22

able. Mt 10:28 Lu 12:5 Heb 7:25

who. 1Sa 25:10 Job 38:2 Ro 2:1 9:20 14:4,13

13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Go to. 5:1 Ge 11:3,4,7 Ec 2:1 Isa 5:5

To day. Pr 27:1 Isa 56:12 Lu 12:17-20

and buy. Isa 24:2 56:11 Eze 7:12 1Co 7:30

14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

It is. or, For it is. a vapour. 1:10 Job 7:6,7 9:25,26 14:1,2 Ps 39:5 89:47 90:5-7 102:3 Isa 38:12 1Pe 1:24 4:7 1Jo 2:17

15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

If. 2Sa 15:25,26 Pr 19:21 La 3:37 Ac 18:21 Ro 1:10 15:32 1Co 4:19 16:7 Heb 6:3

16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

3:14 Ps 52:1,7 Pr 25:14 27:1 Isa 47:7,8,10 1Co 4:7,8 5:6 Re 18:7

17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Lu 12:47,48 Joh 9:41 13:17 15:22 Ro 1:20,21,32 2:17-23 7:13