James 4:15
on the contrary you should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will indeed do this, or that.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 you are now boasting in your arrogances: all such boasting is wicked.
Cross References
Romans 1:10praying, if by any means I shall be prospered in the will of God to come to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you quickly, if the Lord may will; and I will know not the word of those who have been puffed up, but the power.
Hebrews 6:3And we will do this, if God may permit.
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 →