Verse 15
James 4:15
Young's Literal Translation
15
instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
Original Language Text
greek
ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς· Ἐὰν ὁ κύριος ⸀θελήσῃ, καὶ ⸀ζήσομεν καὶ ⸀ποιήσομεν τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.
English Translation
Instead of saying to you, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
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Chapter 4 Context
1
Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers...
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2
ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war...
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3
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].
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4
Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God (Eloh...
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5
Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in...
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6
and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, 'God (Elohim) against proud ones doth set Himsel...
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7
be subject, then, to God (Elohim); stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
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8
draw nigh to God (Elohim), and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify heart...
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9
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to...
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10
be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
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11
Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his br...
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12
one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou -- who art thou that dost judge the ot...
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13
Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there...
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14
who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing...
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15
instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
16
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
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17
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
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