James 4:1

1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?

1 4:1 Lit From where wars and from where fightingsWhat is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? 4:1 Lit Are they not from here, from yourIs the source not your pleasures that wage war in 4:1 Lit your partsyour body’s parts?

1What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

1What leads to [the unending] 4:1 Lit wars.quarrels and conflicts among you? Do they not come from your [hedonistic] desires that wage war in your [bodily] members [fighting for control over you]?

1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?4:1 Literally passions warring among your members?

1Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn’t it because of your sinful desires? They fight within you.