James 4:5 is one of the hardest verses to translate in the New Testament. What makes it so challenging and what does the verse really mean? While it is hard to have total certainty, we can at least begin to move toward some solutions. And maybe our exercise here will help us think more critically and (we hope!) accurately regarding other passages in the future.
"Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?" (James 4:5 NIV)
The Church at Thyatira: Sinful Tolerance | Revelation 2:18-29
Biblical & Unbiblical Ways to Talk about God’s Will
Three Tactics of the Enemies of God’s People: Then & Now | Ezra 4:1-6
The Letters to the Churches in Smyrna and Pergamum | Revelation 2:8-17
Worship Rekindled: Laying the Foundation of the Temple | Ezra 2:68-69; 3:7-13
God’s Sovereignty Over Sin
Ephesus: Have We Lost Our First Love? | Revelation 2:1-7
Ten Ways God is Sovereign Over Satan
God’s Sovereignty Over Satan
The Altar Rebuilt: Obedience in the Midst of Fear | Ezra 3:1-6
Jesus Among the Lampstands | Revelation 1:9-20
A Right View of Divine Healing & Following Jesus | Matthew 8:14-22
Sovereign Over the Womb: God’s Providence Over Infertility, Miscarriage, Birth, & Death
The Revelation of Jesus Christ | Revelation 1:1-8
Why Names Matter to God | Ezra 2:1-67
God’s Sovereignty Over Sickness and Natural Disasters
Why I Became Baptist . . . After Growing Up Presbyterian
God’s Sovereignty in the Book of Joshua
The Leper, the Centurion, and Jesus | Matthew 8:1-13
The Promised New Exodus | Ezra 1:1-11
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