James 4:17
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing [it], it is sin to him.
Literal Standard Version
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 glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
Cross References
John 9:41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you were not having had sin, but now you say—We see, therefore your sin remains.”
John 15:22if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin.
Romans 1:32who the righteous judgment of God having known—that those practicing such things are worthy of death—not only do them, but also have delight with those practicing them.
Romans 7:13That which is good then, has it become death to me? Let it not be! But sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that sin might become exceedingly sinful through the command.
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 →