James 4:4
ContextNET © | Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? 1 So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy. |
NIV © | You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred towards God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. |
NASB © | You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
NLT © | You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with this world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again, that if your aim is to enjoy this world, you can’t be a friend of God. |
MSG © | You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way. |
BBE © | O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God’s friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God. |
NRSV © | Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. |
NKJV © | Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
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NET © | Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? 1 So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “is hostility toward God.” |