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James 4:15

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God's will and callingThe future and plansGuidance and decisionsHumility

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 gain:

14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is 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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