James 4:15
Therefore that ye say, If the Lord will, and if we live, we shall do this thing, either that thing. (And so ye should say, If the Lord desireth it, and if we live, we shall do this, or that.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
16And now ye make full out joy in your prides; every such joying is wicked.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:25And the king said to Zadok, Bear again the ark of God into the city; if I shall find grace in the eyes of the Lord, he shall lead me again, and he shall show to me that ark, and his tabernacle. (And the king said to Zadok, Take the Ark of God back to the city; if I shall find favour before the Lord, he shall bring me back here, and he shall let me see that Ark, and its resting place again.)
Lamentations 3:37Who is this that said (or Who is this who said), that a thing should be done, when the Lord commandeth (it) not?
Romans 1:10and beseech [or praying], if in any manner sometime I have a speedy way in the will of God to come to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19but I shall come to you soon, if God will (or God willing); and I shall know not the word (s) of them that be blown with pride, but the virtue (or but the power).
Hebrews 6:3And this thing we shall do, if God shall suffer. (And we shall do this, if God shall allow it.)
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 →