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You lust, and don`t have. You kill, covet, and can`t obtain. You fight and make war. Yet you don`t have, because you don`t ask.
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The Source of All Conflict
Commentators agree that James identifies selfish desire as the root of all conflict. Our internal 'lusts' for what we don't have directly fuel the external 'fights and wars.' The problem isn't just an external issue with others; it begins with the disordered desires within our own hearts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You lust, and have not. That is, you wish to have something which you do not now possess, and to which you have no just claim, and this pr…
Ye lust (επιθυμειτε). Present active indicative of επιθυμεω, old word (from επι, θυμος, yearning passion for), not necessarily evi…
19th Century
Anglican
You lust, and have not . . .—It is better this way: You desire, and have not; you kill, and envy, and cannot obtain; …
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Baptist
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not,
This is nature's way of t…
“You want something” (GK 2121) is not quite forceful enough to fit the context or to represent the Greek verb, which expresses anxious longing and …
16th Century
Protestant
You lust, or covet, and have not. He seems to suggest that the soul of man is insatiable when he indulges wicked lusts; and truly…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You lust, and have not The apostle proceeds to show the unsuccessfulness of many in their desires and pursuits after…
Since all wars and fighting come from the corruptions of our own hearts, it is right to mortify those lusts that war in our members. Worldly and fl…
