What Does James 4:4 Tell Us?
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin ArticlesA querist asks, “What does James 4:4 tell us?”
James 4:4 NKJV states:
“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.“
James is simply saying that Christians cannot be a friend of God and a friend of the world’s evil influences at the same time (Matthew 6:24 KJV; cf. John 15:19; John 17:14). Christians are “in the world” but not “of the world” (John 17:14-17). Also look at 1 John 2:15-17.