James 4:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”
ἡδονή
Pleasure, gratification, desire. Hedone. Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. The pleasures of this world are temporary. The pleasures at God's right hand are forever.
δαπανάω
you may spend it.
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δαπανάω
to expend, i.e. (in a good sense) to incur cost, or (in a bad one) to waste
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λαμβάνω
receive,
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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διότι
because
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διότι
on the very account that, or inasmuch as
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κακῶς
wrongly
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κακῶς
badly (physically or morally)
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