James 4:8

Translations

Modern

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Traditional

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Literal

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify hearts, you double-souled.

Latin

Appropinquate Deo, et appropinquabit vobis. Emundate manus, peccatores: et purificate corda, duplices animo.

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Greek

English

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Notes

James 4:8

Draw near to God: This means building a friendship (2:23) and being loyal (1:6–8).
cleanse your hands … purify your hearts: The applies the biblical idea of ceremonial cleansing to purifying your intentions (compare Mark 7:1–23).

James 4:4–10

James explains the causes of conflict among people: love for the world, divided loyalty, and arrogant criticism (4:11–12). He gives instructions that will fix these problems and lead to peace.

Theme notes and profiles

James, Brother of Jesus The Coming of the Lord as Judge

Related verses

Psalm 145:18
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
Hebrews 10:22
…let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Malachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Zechariah 1:3
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
2 Chronicles 15:2
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Hosea 6:1–2
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Ezekiel 36:25–27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Psalm 51:6–7
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Glossary

Heart Letter of James Mourning

Topics

Ablution: Figurative Access Access to God: Promises Connected With Access to God: The Wicked Commanded to Seek Being Clean Being Double Minded Bisexuals Character: Instability of Closer to God Commandments: Other Apostles: Precepts of, Explicitly Stated or Implied in Didactic Epistles Controlling Parents Double-mindedness Draw Me Close to You Drawing Near to God God: Access To God's Presence Heart: Renewed: Pure Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Intimacy with God Needing Him Power of the Mind Prayer: Answer To, Promise Protecting your Heart Purity of Heart Quiet Time Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Revival Seekers: General Scriptures Concerning Spending Time with God Surrendering The Heart: should be Purified

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