James 4:15

Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

14when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.

16But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.

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Cross References

Romans 1:10always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you.

1 Corinthians 4:19But, if the Lord is willing, I shall come to you without delay; and then I shall know not the fine speeches of these conceited people, but their power.

Hebrews 6:3And advance we will, if God permits us to do so.

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 →

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