James 4:7
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
ὑποτάσσω
Submit
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ὑποτάσσω
To submit, to place under, to be subject to. Hupotasso. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Submission is not weakness. It is the posture of security and strength.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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διάβολος
Devil
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διάβολος
Devil, slanderer, accuser. Diabolos. The devil prowls around like a roaring lion. His primary weapon is accusation. The blood of Jesus silences every accusation.
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φεύγω
he will flee
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φεύγω
to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
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ἀνθίστημι
Resist
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ἀνθίστημι
to stand against, i.e. oppose
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