James 4:15
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
King James Version
In Context
16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:25And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Romans 1:10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
Hebrews 6:3And this will we do, if God 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 →