From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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Verse 1 is found in chapter 4 of James. Wars and conflicts within the community arise from desires fighting within people. James connects external conflict with internal passions and even condemns prayers directed toward God when they are motivated by selfish consumption.
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Woher kommt Streit und Krieg unter euch? Kommt's nicht daher: aus euren Wollüsten, die da streiten in euren Gliedern?
¿De dónde vienen las guerras y los pleitos entre vosotros? ¿No son de vuestras concupiscencias, las cuales combaten en vuestros miembros?
¿De dónde vienen las guerras y de dónde las peleas entre ustedes? ¿No vienen de sus placeres, que combaten en sus miembros?
D'où viennent les luttes, et d'où viennent les querelles parmi vous? N'est-ce pas de vos passions qui combattent dans vos membres?
ONDE vengon le guerre, e le contese fra voi? non è egli da questo, cioè dalle vostre voluttà, che guerreggiano nelle vostre membra?
DE onde vêm as guerras e pelejas entre vós? Porventura não vêm disto, a saber, dos vossos deleites, que nos vossos membros guerreiam?
你們中間的衝突是哪裏來的?爭執是哪裏來的?不是從你們肢體中交戰著的私慾來的嗎?
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