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.
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.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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:
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.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

1From whence come warres and fightings among you? come they not hence, euen of your lusts, that warre in your members?

2Ye lust, and haue not: yee kill, and desire to haue, and cannot obtaine: yee fight and warre, yet yee haue not, because ye aske not.

3Ye aske and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that yee may consume it vpon your lusts.

4Ye adulterers, and adulteresses, know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoeuer therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God.

5Doe ye thinke that the Scripture saith in vaine, the spirit that dwelleth in vs lusteth to enuy?

6But he giueth more grace, wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proude, but giueth grace vnto the humble.

7Submit your selues therefore to God: resist the deuill, and hee will flee from you.

8Draw nigh to God, and hee will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purifie your hearts yee double minded.

9Bee afflicted, and mourne, and weepe: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your ioy to heauinesse.

10Humble your selues in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you vp.

11Speake not euill one of another (brethren:) he that speaketh euill of his brother, and iudgeth his brother, speaketh euill of the Law, and iudgeth the Law: but if thou iudge the Law, thou art not a doer of the Law, but a iudge.

12There is one Lawgiuer, who is able to saue, and to destroy: who art thou that iudgest another?

13Goe to now ye that say, To day or to morrow wee will goe into such a city and continue there a yere, and buy, and sell, and get gaine:

14Whereas yee know not what shalbe on the morow: for what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and then vanisheth away.

15For that yee ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall liue, and doe this, or that.

16But now yee reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.

17Therefore to him that knoweth to doe good, and doth it not, to him it is sinne.

I == Rom 7:23 ; 1st Peter 2:11

III == Job 27:9 ; 35:12 ;Ps 18:41 ; 66:18 ; Prov 1:28 ; Isa 1:15 ; Jer 11:11 ; 1st John 3:22 ; 5:14

IV == Ps 73:27 ; John 15:19 ; 17:14

V == Num 11:29 ; Prov 21:10

VI == Job 22:29 ; Ps 138:6 ; Prov 3:34 ; 29:23

VII == eph 4:27 ; 6:11 ; 1st Pet 5:9

IX == Job 22:29 ; Matt 23:12 ; Luke 14:11 ; 18:14

XI Matt 7:1 ; Luke 6:37

XII == Matt 10:28 ; Rom 14:4 , 13

XIII == Job 7:7 ; Ps 102:3 ; Prov 27:1 ; Luke 12:18 ; James 1:10 ; 1st Pet 1:24 ; 1st John 2:17

XVII == Luke 12:47 ; John 9:41 ; 15:22 ; Rom 1:20-21 , 32

1 Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? 2 You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. 3 You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 Adulterers! Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks without meaning when it says, "The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy"? 6 But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds. 9 Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. 11 Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. Whoever speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to judge your neighbor? 13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit" -  14 you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears. 15 Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live to do this or that." 16 But now you are boasting in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin. 

v 1. In contrast to the last verse of chapter 3, we see all kinds of conflicts within the church, stemming from personal temptations, desires and prejudices.
v 2. “Kill” is murder, but probably in the sense Jesus spoke  concerning anger, which is murder in the heart. They were living viciously instead of asking of God.
v 3. Those who did pray were asking for their own pleasure, not God’s will.
v 4. Their adultery was flirting with and becoming a lover of the world, making them not only unfaithful to God but His enemies.
v 5,6. The Holy Spirit in us desires our undivided devotion. God gives sufficient grace for all, but some proudly try to direct their own lives. He gives more grace to those who are humble and ready to receive it from Him.
v 7-10. This list is imperatives, a. Submit to God  b. Resist  the devil (and he will flee) c. Draw  near to God  d. Cleanse your hands  e. Purify your hearts  f. Be afflicted, mourn and weep  g. Humble yourselves. Do those things and God will exalt us.
Ways to resist the Devil:
Eph. 6:13  put on whole armor of God
Rev 12:10,11  testify and claim blood of the Lamb
Matt. 4:10,11  Use Scripture
v 11,12. All untrue criticism is wrong. Faultfinding, malicious and unnecessary criticism is wrong. We must certainly discern between right and wrong and in some cases use righteous judgment, John 7:24, but let  all other judgment be of God.
v 13,14. Many eastern merchants are itinerant, going from town to town selling and buying goods which they pass on in another town. Their gains may have been substantial, but go to (come) you don’t know what the future holds. Worldliness includes planning for the future without taking God into account. We don’t know before the next breath how long our earthly life will last.
v 15,16. In all things we should determine it should be the Lord’s will. However do not allow those words to be merely a cliché’. It is boastful and conceited to make our plans with no thought of what God wants. Many times we make up our minds to a course of action and pray to God to conform to it.
v 17. If we know all the instructions of the Word (here especially of what has just been said) and fail to obey them, it is sin.