James 4:13-17 (New American Standard)
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1Come now, you who say, "2Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."
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aYet you do not know bwhat your life will be like tomorrow. 3You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
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cInstead, you ought to say, "4If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."
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But as it is, you boast in your darrogance ; 5all such boasting is evil.
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Therefore, 6to one who knows the eright thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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a.
James 4:14 - Lit "Who do not"
b.
James 4:14 - Or "what" will happen" tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?"
c.
James 4:15 - Lit "Instead of your saying"
d.
James 4:16 - Or "pretensions"
e.
James 4:17 - Or "good"