James 4:16
but ye glory in your presumption: all such glorying is wicked.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15If the Lord will, and we should live, and do this or that:
17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 5:6Do ye not know that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass?
Revelation 18:7As much as she hath glorified herself and indulged to luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her; because she saith in her heart, I sit as a queen, I am not a widow, and I shall see no sorrow.
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 →