James speaks of believers as being like wives who sleep with men other than their husbands. AT: "You are not being faithful to God!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
James uses this question to teach his audience. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "You know ... God!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
Here the world's value system is spoken of as if it were a person that others could be friends with. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
One who is friends with the world is an enemy of God. Here "friendship with the world" stands for being friends with the world, and "hostility against God" stands for being hostile against God. AT: "friends of the world are enemies of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
Some versions, including the ULB and UDB, understand this as a reference to the Holy Spirit. Other versions translate this as "the spirit" and mean by it the human spirit that each person has been created to have. We suggest that you use the meaning that is presented in other translations used by your readers.