Verse 17
James 4:17
World English Bible, British Edition
17
To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is
sin.
Original Language Text
greek
εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
English Translation
Therefore, to one who knows the good to do and does not do it, it is sin.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You
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9
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11
Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against
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Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who
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13
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this
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Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is
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For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do
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But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
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17
To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is
sin.