Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?
5 Do ye think. He seems to adduce from Scripture the next following sentence. Hence interpreters toil much, because none such, at least none exactly alike, is found in Scripture. But nothing hinders the reference to be made to what has been already said, that is, that the friendship of the world is adverse to God.
Your wars come from lusts warring in your members, not from true zeal for God or country. What appears as righteous cause often shelters pride, malice, covetousness, and revenge; the root is worldly desire, and until you see that, you cannot stop fighting.
AI summary
Commenting on James 4:1-10
Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain?.... Some think that the apostle refers to a particular passage of Scripture in the Old Testament, and that he took it from Gen 6:3 as some; or from Exo 20:5, as others; or from Deu 7:2 or from Job 5:6 or from Pro 21:10 others think he had in view some text in the New Testament...