James 4:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, ·clean sin out of your lives [^Lcleanse/purify your hands; ^Ca metaphor for cleaning up your behavior]. ·You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time [^LYou double-minded ones], ·make your thinking pure [^Lpurify your hearts; ^Ca metaphor for cleaning up your interior life]. ⁹ ·Be sad [Lament], ·cry [mourn], and weep! Change your laughter into ·crying [mourning] and your joy into ·sadness [gloom; sorrow]. ¹⁰ Humble yourself in the Lord’s presence, and he will ·honor you [^Lexalt you; lift you up; 1 Pet. 5:6].