James 4:3

• §2737Article 2 · The Battle of PrayerRead at vatican.va

  “"You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions."” — Catechism footnote: Jas 4:3; cf. the whole context: Jas 4:1-10; 1:5-8; 5:16.

Catena Aurea on Luke

• OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke

  “Hence too James says, Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, (James 4:3.) namely, for the sake of vain pleasures.” — the author cites it

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.7Book VII

  “For they pray to possess what they have not, and they ask things which seem, but are not, good things.” — editor's note: [Jas. iv. 3.]

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73

  “For the Apostle James made this a ground of reproach when he said, “Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”” — editor's note: Jas. iv. 3.

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• James 5:16

  Cited together in Catechism §2737.

• Genesis 3:6

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• Genesis 25:34

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• Numbers 11:32

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• 1 Samuel 1:13

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.7.

• Psalm 41:2

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.7.

• Luke 11:9

  Cited together in Origen on Luke 11:9–13 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 11:11

  Cited together in Origen on Luke 11:9–13 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 11:12

  Cited together in Origen on Luke 11:9–13 (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 11:13

  Cited together in Origen on Luke 11:9–13 (Catena Aurea).

• Romans 8:26

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.7.

• Romans 14:20

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• 1 Corinthians 15:10

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• 2 Corinthians 12:8

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• Galatians 6:9

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• 1 Timothy 4:4

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.

• James 1:5

  Cited together in Catechism §2737.

• James 1:6

  Cited together in Catechism §2737.

• James 1:7

  Cited together in Catechism §2737.

• James 1:8

  Cited together in Catechism §2737.