James 4:12

There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you who judges the other? 1 Boasting About Tomorrow

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

In Context

11Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. He who speaks evil against a brother and judges his brother speaks against the law and judges the law. And if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

13Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us travel to this city, and let us spend a year there, and let us trade and make a profit”—

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Cross References

Matthew 10:28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Romans 2:1Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, everyone who judges, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself, for you who judge are practicing the same things.

Romans 14:4Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those coming to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

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 →

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