James 4:15
instead of saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that;
Noyes 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
16but now ye glory in your boastings. All such glorying is evil.
Cross References
Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not commanded?
Romans 1:10supplicating that, if it be possible, I may at last through the will of God be favored with an opportunity of coming to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I shall come to you shortly, if it be the Lord's will, and will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power;
Hebrews 6:3And this we will do, if God permit.
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 →