3 Yet even when you do pray, your prayers are not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.
4 You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know that if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
5 Do you doubt the Scriptures that say, “God truly cares about the Spirit he has put in us”?
6 In fact, God treats us with even greater kindness, just as the Scriptures say,“God opposes everyonewho is proud,but he is kind to everyonewho is humble.”
7 Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you.
8 Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind.
9 Be sad and sorry and weep. Stop laughing and start crying. Be gloomy instead of glad.