James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Noyes Bible
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 ye glory in your boastings. All such glorying is evil.
Cross References
John 9:41Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see. Your sin remaineth.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Romans 1:32who, although knowing the ordinance of God, that they who practise such things deserve death, not only do them themselves, but approve of those who do them.
Romans 7:13Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be it! but sin; that it might become manifest as sin, causing death to me by means of that which is good; that sin by means of the commandment might become exceedingly 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 →