James 4:15
Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Revised King James New Testament
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 now you boast in your presumption: all such boasting is evil.
Cross References
Romans 1:10Making request, that by some means I might now at last, by the will of God, succeed in coming to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and will find out, not the speech of those who are puffed up, but their power.
Hebrews 6:3And this we will do, if God permits.
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 →