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James 4:1

James 4:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

whence: James 3:14-18

fightings: or, brawlings

come they: James 1:14; Genesis 4:5-8; Jeremiah 17:9; Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21-23; John 8:44; Romans 8:7; 1 Timothy 6:4-10; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 1:14, 1 Peter 2:11, 1 Peter 4:2-3; 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 3:3; 1 John 2:15-17; Jude 1:16-18

lusts: or, pleasures, James 4:3

in: Romans 7:5, Romans 7:23; Galatians 5:17; Colossians 3:5

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