James 4:15
For instead they should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will do this or that.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
16They glory in their pride. All glorying such as this is from the Evil.
Cross References
Romans 1:10And I pray that from now there may be opened unto me the way, by the will of Aloha, to come to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But if the Lord will, quickly come I unto you; and I will know not the words of them who exalt themselves, but their power.
Hebrews 6:3If the Lord permit, we will do this.
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 →