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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: Greetings my friend, 2 Tim. 3:16 says that "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;" Two words jump out at me here: 'teaching' and 'correction.' Such a verse would lead me to the conclusion that we should not let our brethren live in discontent, but to help them to understand that Christianity is not something in which we should use for our own gain, but it is a walk with God that we should undertake for God's gain, and His gain alone! :-) Shalom! Nolan |