James 4:17
15 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.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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- BSB
- Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- KJV
- Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- WEB
- To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
- ASV
- To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- DARBY
- To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
- BLB
- Therefore to the one knowing to do good, and not doing [it], to him it is sin.
- ÅB
- Den som altså vet å gjøre godt og ikke gjør det, han har synd av det.
- OTB
- Derfor, hvis noen vet hva godt de burde gjøre og ikke gjør det, er det synd for dem.
- B1930
- Den som altså vet å gjøre godt og ikke gjør det, han har synd av det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 9:41
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Read in contextJohn 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Read in contextJohn 15:22
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
Read in context2 Peter 2:21
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Read in contextLuke 12:47–48
And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Read in contextRomans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Read in contextRomans 2:17–23
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Read in contextRomans 1:20–21
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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