James 4:17
So to him who knows how to do right and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
In Context
16But now you are glorying in these insolent boastings of yours; all such glorying is evil.
Cross References
John 9:41"If you were blind," Jesus answered them, "you would have no sin. But now you are declaring, ‘We see’;so your sin remains.
John 15:22"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Romans 1:32Though they knew well the ordinance of God, that those who practise such vices are worthy of death, they not only continue to do the same, but were even applauding those who practise vice.
Romans 7:13Did then that which was good become for me death? Never! but sin did; that it might be manifest as sin, by that the unutterable malignity of sin might become plain through 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 →