James 4:1 “What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the…”

James 4:1

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence — out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

Bible in Basic English

What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

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Cross references

“whence”

James 3:14–18

James 3:14–18 · BSB

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

“come they”

1 Peter 2:11 James 1:14 Romans 8:7 1 John 2:15–17 Jeremiah 17:9 Jude 1:16–18

1 Peter 2:11 · BSB

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

James 1:14 · BSB

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

Romans 8:7 · BSB

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

1 John 2:15–17 · BSB

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Jeremiah 17:9 · BSB

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Jude 1:16–18 · BSB

These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

“lusts”

James 4:3

James 4:3 · BSB

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

“in”

Galatians 5:17 Romans 7:23 Colossians 3:5 Romans 7:5

Galatians 5:17 · BSB

For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

Romans 7:23 · BSB

But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

Colossians 3:5 · BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Romans 7:5 · BSB

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

Also

Titus 3:9

Titus 3:9 · BSB

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2You 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.

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