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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF
JAMES
CHAPTER 4
  3 Ye aask, and receive not, because ye bask camiss, that ye may dconsume it upon your elusts.

Footnotes
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b
Hel. 10: 5 (4-6).
  5 And now, because thou hast done this with such unwearyingness, behold, I will bless thee forever; and I will make thee mighty in word and in deed, in faith and in works; yea, even that aall things shall be bdone unto thee according to thy cword, for thou shalt dnot ask that which is contrary to my will.
c
GR wickedly, wrongly.
Rom. 8: 26 (26-27).
  26 Likewise the Spirit also ahelpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should bpray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh cintercession for us with dgroanings which cannot be uttered.
D&C 46: 30 (28-30).
  30 He that aasketh in the bSpirit asketh according to the cwill of God; wherefore it is done even as he asketh.
D&C 88: 65 (64-65).
  65 And if ye ask anything that is not aexpedient for you, it shall turn unto your bcondemnation.
d
GR waste, expend.
D&C 46: 9.
  9 For verily I say unto you, they are given for the benefit of those who love me and keep all my commandments, and him that seeketh so to do; that all may be benefited that seek or that ask of me, that ask and not for a asign that they may bconsume it upon their lusts.
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