James 4:17
To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 ye glory in your presumption: all such glorying is wicked.
Cross References
John 9:41Jesus replied, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin: but now ye say, We see; your sin therefore remaineth.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Romans 1:32who though they knew the just judgement of God, (that they who commit such practises are worthy of death) yet not only do these very things, but also countenance and encourage others in the practice of them.
Romans 7:13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid! But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good: that sin might be shewn by the commandment to be 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 →