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L'amitié pour le monde
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Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
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You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
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You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
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You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
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But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
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Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Ne pas juger un frère
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Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
Ne pas être orgueilleux
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
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Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
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For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."
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But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
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To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.
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L'amitié pour le monde
1
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
2
You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
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You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
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You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
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But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
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Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Ne pas juger un frère
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Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
Ne pas être orgueilleux
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
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Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
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For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."
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But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
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To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.
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L'amitié pour le monde
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D'où viennent les conflits et d'où viennent les luttes parmi vous ? N'est-ce pas de vos passions qui combattent dans vos membres ?
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Vous désirez et vous ne possédez pas ; vous êtes meurtriers et jaloux, et vous ne pouvez rien obtenir ; vous avez des luttes et des conflits. Vous ne possédez pas parce que vous ne demandez pas.
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Quand vous demandez, vous ne recevez pas parce que vous demandez mal, dans le but de satisfaire vos passions.
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Adultères que vous êtes ! Ne savez-vous pas que l’amour pour le monde est synonyme de haine contre Dieu ? Celui donc qui veut être l'ami du monde se fait l’ennemi de Dieu.
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Croyez-vous que l'Ecriture parle sans raison ? C’est avec jalousie que Dieu aime l'Esprit qui habite en nous.
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Cependant, la grâce qu’il accorde est plus grande encore, c'est pourquoi l'Ecriture dit : Dieu s’oppose aux orgueilleux, mais il fait grâce aux humbles.
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Soumettez-vous donc à Dieu, mais résistez au diable et il fuira loin de vous.
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Approchez-vous de Dieu et il s'approchera de vous. Nettoyez vos mains, pécheurs ; purifiez votre cœur, hommes partagés.
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Ayez conscience de votre misère, soyez dans le deuil et dans les larmes, que votre rire se change en deuil et votre joie en tristesse.
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Humiliez-vous devant le Seigneur et il vous élèvera.
Ne pas juger un frère
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Ne dites pas du mal les uns des autres, frères et sœurs. Celui qui parle contre un frère ou qui juge son frère parle contre la loi et juge la loi. Or, si tu juges la loi, tu ne la mets pas en pratique, mais tu t’en fais le juge.
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Un seul est législateur [et juge] : c'est celui qui peut sauver et perdre. Mais toi, qui es-tu pour juger ton prochain ?
Ne pas être orgueilleux
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A vous maintenant qui dites : « Aujourd'hui ou demain nous irons dans telle ville, nous y passerons une année, nous y ferons des affaires et nous gagnerons de l'argent »,
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vous qui ne savez pas ce qui arrivera demain ! En effet, qu’est-ce que votre vie ? C’est une vapeur qui paraît pour un instant et qui disparaît ensuite.
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Vous devriez dire, au contraire : « Si Dieu le veut, nous vivrons et nous ferons ceci ou cela. »
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Mais en réalité, vous vous montrez fiers de vos fanfaronnades. Toute fierté de ce genre est mauvaise.
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Si donc quelqu’un sait faire ce qui est bien et ne le fait pas, il commet un péché.
Oui, répond Jacques, le savoir n'est pas difficile, mais ce savoir même vous rend d'autant plus coupables, constitue pour vous un péché de plus, si vous ne mettez pas ces vérités en pratique. (Comparer Luc 12.47,48)