James 4:17
And he who knoweth the good and doeth it not, sin is to him.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
In Context
16They glory in their pride. All glorying such as this is from the Evil.
Cross References
John 9:41Jeshu saith to them, If blind you were, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see: therefore your sin is confirmed.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.
Romans 1:32knowing the judgment of Aloha, that they who these things do, unto death are condemned, (yet) not only do them, but also participate with those who do them.
Romans 7:13The good, then, unto me, unto death was made? Not so. But sin, that it might be seen what sin is, by the good (law) effected death in me, that sin might be the more condemned by the commandment.
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 →