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James 4:15

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God's will and callingThe future and plansGuidance and decisionsHumility

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

16 As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

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BSB
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
KJV
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
WEB
For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
ASV
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
DARBY
instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
BLB
Instead, you⁺ [ought] to say, “If the Lord is willing, both we will live and we will do this or that.”
ÅB
Istedenfor at dere skulle si: Om Herren vil, så blir vi i live, og vi skal gjøre dette eller hint.
OTB
I stedet burde dere si: "Hvis Herren vil, skal vi leve og gjøre dette eller hint."
B1930
Istedenfor at I skulde si: Om Herren vil, så blir vi i live, og vi skal gjøre dette eller hint.

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