James 4:15
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.”
Unlocked Literal 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 you are boasting about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:25The king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me back here and show me again the ark and the place where he lives.
Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord decreed it? 1
Romans 1:10I always request in my prayers that by any means I may at last be successful now by the will of God in coming to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills. Then I will know not merely the talk of these who are so arrogant, but I will see their power.
Hebrews 6:3We will also do this if God permits.
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 →