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NASB | James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 4:3 You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that [when you get what you want] you may spend it on your [hedonistic] desires. |
Subject: Is coveting with a pure heart Godly? |
Bible Note: Nolan, Thanks for the timely response. I guess the question I pose can be seen as an oxymoron?? I am of the ilk that our motives shouldnt be for gain of self in any way shape or form. Yet, a question still remains. How is it teachers/pastors follow a principal to give to get to give. Believing that what is sown now will be reaped later on? And that is the motive for the sowing...to reap later on so as to sow again. Quite a turnstile, ya think?? :) *Shalom* D |