7. So place yourselves under God’s authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.
8. Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.
9. Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.
10. Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence. Then he will give you a high position.