James 4:17
So whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.
Text-Critical English NT
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 as it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes; all such boasting is evil.
Cross References
John 9:41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Romans 1:32Though they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things deserve death, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 7:13Has that then which is good brought death to me? Certainly not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly 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 →