Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. New Living Translation So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. English Standard Version Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Berean Standard Bible Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Berean Literal Bible Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. King James Bible Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. New King James Version Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. New American Standard Bible Submit therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. NASB 1995 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. NASB 1977 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Legacy Standard Bible Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Amplified Bible So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you. Christian Standard Bible Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, submit to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. American Standard Version Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Contemporary English Version Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you. English Revised Version Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. GOD'S WORD® Translation So place yourselves under God's authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. Good News Translation So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you. International Standard Version Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. Majority Standard Bible Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. NET Bible So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you. New Heart English Bible Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Webster's Bible Translation Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Weymouth New Testament Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. World English Bible Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBe subject, then, to God; stand up against the Devil, and he will flee from you; Berean Literal Bible Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Young's Literal Translation be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you; Smith's Literal Translation Be subjected therefore to God. Resist the accuser, and he will flee from you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBe subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. New American Bible So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. New Revised Standard Version Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSubmit yourselves therefore to God. Resist Satan, and he will flee from you. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Submit therefore to God and stand against Satan, and he will flee from you. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentSubmit yourselves, therefore, to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you; Godbey New Testament Therefore draw nigh unto God; and resist the devil, and he will flee from you: Haweis New Testament Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you. Mace New Testament Surrender therefore to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Weymouth New Testament Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. Worrell New Testament Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. Worsley New Testament Submit yourselves therefore to God: resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Drawing Near to God6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.… Cross References 1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. / Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering. Ephesians 6:11-13 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. / Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. Matthew 4:10 “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” Romans 12:1-2 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it. Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? 1 John 3:8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. / The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. / We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 1 Timothy 6:11-12 But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. / Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. Luke 4:8 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Romans 6:12-13 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. / Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. 1 Peter 1:14-16 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. / But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Deuteronomy 30:19-20 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live, / and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Treasury of Scripture Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Submit. 1 Samuel 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. 2 Samuel 15:26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. 2 Kings 1:13-15 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight… Resist. Matthew 4:3-11 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread… Luke 4:2-13 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered… Ephesians 4:27 Neither give place to the devil. Jump to Previous Cause Devil Evil Flee Flight Resist Ruled Stand Subject Submit War YourselvesJump to Next Cause Devil Evil Flee Flight Resist Ruled Stand Subject Submit War YourselvesJames 4 1. We are to strive against covetousness;4. intemperance; 5. pride; 11. detraction and rash judgment of others; 13. and not to be boastful of our future plans. Submit yourselves, then, to God The phrase "Submit yourselves" comes from the Greek word "hypotassō," which means to arrange under, to subordinate, or to subject oneself. This word carries a military connotation, suggesting a voluntary act of placing oneself under the authority of a higher power. In the context of James 4:7, it implies a conscious decision to align one's will with God's will, acknowledging His sovereignty and lordship. Historically, submission to God was a central theme in the lives of the early Christians, who often faced persecution and needed to rely on divine strength and guidance. This act of submission is not one of defeat but of empowerment, as it opens the believer to the transformative power of God's grace. Resist the devil and he will flee from you He will flee.--Or, he shall flee. "The Devil," says the strange old book called The Shepherd of Hermas, "can tight, but he cannot conquer; if, therefore, thou dost withstand him, he will flee from thee, beaten and ashamed." The text is another proof of the personality of Satan; no amount of figures of speech could otherwise interpret it. Verses 7-10. - Exhortation based on the preceding, quite in the style of a prophet of the Old Testament. Verse 7. - Read, but resist, etc. (ἀντίστητε δέ), א, A, B, Coptic, Vulgate.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Submit yourselves,Ὑποτάγητε (Hypotagēte) Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 5293: From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey. then, οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. to God. Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. Resist ἀντίστητε (antistēte) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 436: To set against; I withstand, resist, oppose. From anti and histemi; to stand against, i.e. Oppose. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. devil, διαβόλῳ (diabolō) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 1228: From diaballo; a traducer; specially, Satan. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. he will flee φεύξεται (pheuxetai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 5343: To flee, escape, shun. Apparently a primary verb; to run away; by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish. from ἀφ’ (aph’) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. you. ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. 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