James 4:2
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
ἔχω
have;
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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πολεμέω
wrangle;
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πολεμέω
to be (engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (literally or figuratively)
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διά
because
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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ἐπιθυμέω
You desire
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ἐπιθυμέω
to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)
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μάχομαι
You quarrel
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μάχομαι
to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute
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ἐπιτυγχάνω
to obtain;
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ἐπιτυγχάνω
to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) to attain
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ζηλόω
covet
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ζηλόω
to have warmth of feeling for or against
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φονεύω
you kill
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φονεύω
to be a murderer (of)
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