James 4:17
To him, therefore, who knoweth how to be doing, a right thing, and is not doing it, it is, sin, unto him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
In Context
16Whereas, now, are ye boasting in your pretensions:—All boasting like this, is, wicked,
Cross References
John 9:41Jesus said unto them—If, blind, ye had been, ye had not had sin; but, now, ye say, We see, your sin, abideth.
John 15:22Had I not come and spoken unto them, Sin, had they none; but, now, have they no, excuse, for their sin.
Romans 1:32Who, indeed, having acknowledged the righteous sentence of God,—that, they who such things as these do practise, are worthy of death, not only, the same things, are doing, but are even delighting together with them who are practising [them].
Romans 7:13Did, then, that which is good, unto me become death? Far be it! But [it was] sin, that it might appear sin, through that which was good unto me working out death, in order that, exceeding sinful, might sin become 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 →