James 4:3 meaning and explanation
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
James 4:3, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
James is writing to scattered believers whose quarrels, described in verses 1 and 2, spring from desires at war inside them. Here he names a second reason their prayers go unanswered: the problem is not that they ask too little but that they ask badly.
Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.