James 4:15
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
In Context
16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:25Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Romans 1:10in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
Hebrews 6:3And this we will do, if God permits.
Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →