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Murdock Translation
James 4:7
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Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit your selues therefore to God: resist the deuill, and hee will flee from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you.
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you.
Therefore, submit to God. Moreover, take a stand against the Adversary, and he will flee from you.
Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
So give yourselves to God. Stand against the devil, and he will run away from you.
Submit your selues to God: resist the deuill, and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist Satan, and he will flee from you.
So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.
Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Then be subject to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you.
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.Ephesians 4:27; 6:11; 1 Peter 5:9;">[xr]
BE subject, therefore, unto Aloha; withstand Satana, and he will flee from you;
Submit your selues therfore to God: but resist the deuyll, and he wyll flee from you.
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves, therefore, to God: resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Therfor be ye suget to God; but withstonde ye the deuel, and he schal fle fro you.
Be subject therefore to God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
So give yourselves to God. Stand against the devil and he will run away from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Range yourselves, therefore, under God, but withstand the adversary, and he will flee from you:
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Submit youre selves to god and resist the devyll and he will flye from you.
be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell, & he wil flye fro you.
Surrender therefore to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet.
So ride in the way the Boss has told you to. Turn your back on the devil and he will hightail it away from you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Submit: 1 Samuel 3:18, 2 Samuel 15:26, 2 Kings 1:13-15, 2 Chronicles 30:8, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Job 1:21, Job 40:3-5, Job 42:1-6, Psalms 32:3-5, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 68:30, Jeremiah 13:18, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 4:34-37, Matthew 11:29, Acts 9:6, Acts 16:29-31, Acts 26:19, Romans 10:3, Romans 14:11, Ephesians 5:21, Hebrews 12:9, 1 Peter 2:13
Resist: Matthew 4:3-11, Luke 4:2-13, Ephesians 4:27, Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:12, 1 Peter 5:8, 1 Peter 5:9, Revelation 12:9-11
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:16 - stiffnecked 2 Samuel 22:28 - but thine Job 8:5 - thou wouldest Job 9:13 - the proud helpers Job 42:6 - I Psalms 32:9 - Be ye Psalms 99:2 - high Daniel 4:37 - those that walk Matthew 4:10 - Get Luke 4:8 - Get Luke 4:13 - General Luke 23:41 - we indeed Acts 3:19 - be Acts 5:3 - why Hebrews 13:17 - submit James 4:10 - Humble 1 John 5:17 - and
Cross-References
but, among all the nations, he who feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable with him.
Know ye not, that to whomsoever ye give up yourselves to serve in bondage, his servants ye are, whom ye serve; whether it be to sin, or whether it be to righteousness, that ye give ear?
I beseech you, therefore, my brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, by a rational service [fn] .
For he who is in these things a servant of Messiah, is pleasing to God, and approved before men.
that I should be a minister of Jesus Messiah among the Gentiles, and should subserve the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, and be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
that the glory of his grace might be glorified, which he poured upon us by his Beloved One;
But if a widow hath children, or grandchildren, let them first learn to show kindness to their own households, and to repay the obligations to their parents; for this is acceptable before God.
By faith, Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than that of Cain; and on account of it, he is testified of that he was righteous, and God bore testimony to his offering; and in consequence thereof, though dead he yet speaketh.
And this [fn] lust conceiveth, and bringeth forth sin; and sin, when mature, bringeth forth death.
And ye also, as living stones, are builded and become spiritual temples, and holy priests, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices, acceptable before God, through Jesus the Messiah.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ver. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God,.... To the will of God, with respect to worldly things, and be content with such things as are enjoyed, and be satisfied with the portion that is allotted; it is right and best for the people of God to leave themselves with him, to choose their inheritance for them, since by all their anxious cares, their striving and struggling, their impatient desires, wars and fightings, as they cannot add one cubit to their stature, so nothing to their worldly substance; and it becomes them to submit to God in all afflictive dispensations of his providence, and be still and know that he is God; as well as to submit to his way and method of salvation by Christ, and particularly to the righteousness of Christ, for justification; and to depend upon him for supplies of grace in the discharge of every duty, and the exercise of every grace:
resist the devil, [and] he will flee from you; Satan is to be looked upon as an enemy, and to be opposed as such, and to be watched and guarded against; the whole armour of God should be taken and made use of, particularly the weapon of prayer, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and the shield of faith; and also the grace of humility, than which nothing is more opposite to him: he is a proud spirit, and he endeavours to swell men with pride of themselves; and when he has worked them up to such a pitch, he is then master of them, and can manage them as he pleases; but a poor humble believer, with whom God dwells, to whom he gives more grace, and who comes forth not in his own strength, but in the strength of the Lord God, as David against Goliath, and who owns his vileness and sinfulness, and flies to the grace of God, and blood of Christ, Satan knows not what to do with him, he is puzzled, baffled, and confounded; such he leaves, from such he flees; he does not like the power of prayer, nor the strength of faith, nor the sharpness of the twoedged sword, the word of God, nor the humble believer's staff, bag, scrip, and sling.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Submit yourselves therefore to God - That is, in his arrangements for obtaining his favor. Yield to what he has judged necessary for your welfare in the life that is, and your salvation in the life to come. The duty here enjoined is that of entire acquiescence in the arrangements of God, whether in his providence or grace. All these are for our good, and submission to them is required by the spirit of true humility. The object of the command here, and in the succeeding injunctions to particular duties, is to show them how they might obtain the grace which God is willing to bestow, and how they might overcome the evils against which the apostle had been endeavoring to guard them. The true method of doing this is by submitting ourselves in all things to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you - While you yield to God in all things, you are to yield to the devil in none. You are to resist and oppose him in whatever way he may approach you, whether by allurements, by flattering promises, by the fascinations of the world, by temptation, or by threats. See 1 Peter 5:9. Satan makes his way, and secures his triumphs, rather by art, cunning, deception, and threatenings, than by true courage; and when opposed manfully, he flies. The true way of meeting him is by direct resistance, rather than by argument; by steadfastly refusing to yield in the slightest degree, rather than by a belief that we can either convince him that he is wrong, or can return to virtue when we have gone a certain length in complying with his demands. No one is safe who yields in the least to the suggestions of the tempter; there is no one who is not safe if he does not yield. A man, for example, is always safe from intemperance if he resists all allurements to indulgence in strong drink, and never yields in the slightest degree; no one is certainly safe if he drinks even moderately.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. Submit - to God — Continue to bow to all his decisions, and to all his dispensations.
Resist the devil — He cannot conquer you if you continue to resist. Strong as he is, God never permits him to conquer the man who continues to resist him; he cannot force the human will. He who, in the terrible name of JESUS, opposes even the devil himself, is sure to have a speedy and glorious conquest. He flees from that name, and from his conquering blood.
