James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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 gain:

In Context

12There is only one lawgiver—he who is able to save and destroy. But who are yoʋ to judge another?

14You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

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Cross References

Luke 12:17So he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I do not have anywhere to store my crops?’

James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and howl over the miseries that are coming upon you.

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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