James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Webster Bible
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 ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Cross References
John 9:41Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
Romans 1:32Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they who commit such things are worthy of death; not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Romans 7:13Was then that which is good made death to me? By no means. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
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 →