James 4:17
Therefore, to the one knowing to do good and not doing it, to him it is sin.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
In Context
16But now you boast in your arrogant pretensions. All such boasting is malignant.
Cross References
John 9:41Jesus said to them: “If you were ‘blind’ you would not have sin. But now you say, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be having sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Romans 1:32who, knowing full well God's just sentence, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do them but also approve of other practitioners.
Romans 7:13So has what is good become death to me? Of course not! Rather the sin, that it might be exposed as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment the sin might become extremely sinful.
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 →