James strings together ten imperatives in verses 7-10 of chapter four  that resemble military commands demanding action. The first three are:

1. Submit to God
2. Resist the devil
3. Come near to God

The second and third come with a promise of success. The devil will flee when you resist and
God will come near when you come near to him.

“Submit” is a compound verb hupotagete made of hupo, “under,” and tasso, “to order, to place, to station.” Used here in the imperative this is demanding that the believers willing take their place
under the authority of God. The readers must do it since God is not forcing obedience.

“Resist” is the Greek word histemi, “to stand,” with anti, “against” used as its preface. Together
these form a military action of antistete,  “to stand against,” or “resist.”

India is mentioned in Esther 1:1 when it says,

"This is what happened
during the time of Xerxes,
the Xerxes who ruled over
127 provinces stretching from India to Cush (Ethiopia)."