Yǎgèshū 4:13

13 aì , nǐmen yǒu huà shuō , jīntiān míngtiān wǒmen yào wǎng mǒu chéng lǐ qù , zaì nàli zhù yī nián , zuò mǎimaì dé lì .

Yǎgèshū 4:13 Meaning and Commentary

James 4:13

Go to now, ye that say
The apostle passes from exposing the sin of detraction, and rash judgment, to inveigh against those of presumption and self-confidence; and the phrase, "go to now", is a note of transition, as well as of attention, and contains the form of a solemn and grave address to persons, who either think within themselves, or vocally express, the following words, or the like unto them:

today, or tomorrow, we will go into such a city;
in such a country, a place of great trade and merchandise; as Tyre then was in Phoenicia, Thessalonica in Macedonia, Ephesus in Asia, and others: some render this as an imperative, or as an exhortation, "let us go", which does not alter the sense.

And continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain;
as is customary for merchants to do; nor does the apostle design by this to condemn merchandise, and the lawful practice of buying and selling, and getting gain; but that men should not resolve upon those things without consulting God, and attending to his will, and subjecting themselves to it; and without considering the uncertainty and frailty of human life; as well as should not promise and assure themselves of success, of getting gain and riches, as if those things were in their own power, and had no dependence upon the providence and blessing of God.

Yǎgèshū 4:13 In-Context

11 Dìxiōng men , nǐmen bùkĕ bǐcǐ pīpíng . rén ruò pīpíng dìxiōng , lùnduàn dìxiōng , jiù shì pīpíng lǜfǎ , lùnduàn lǜfǎ . nǐ ruò lùnduàn lǜfǎ , jiù bú shì zūnxíng lǜfǎ , nǎi shì pànduàn rén de .

12 Shèlì lǜfǎ hé pànduàn rén de , zhǐyǒu yī wèi , jiù shì nà néng jiù rén yĕ néng miè rén de . nǐ shì shuí , jìnggǎn lùnduàn biérén ne .

13 aì , nǐmen yǒu huà shuō , jīntiān míngtiān wǒmen yào wǎng mǒu chéng lǐ qù , zaì nàli zhù yī nián , zuò mǎimaì dé lì .

14 Qíshí míngtiān rúhé , nǐmen hái bù zhīdào . nǐmen de shēngmìng shì shénme ne . nǐmen yuánlái shì yī piàn yúnwù , chūxiàn shǎoshí jiù bú jiàn le .

15 Nǐmen zhǐ dāng shuō , zhǔ ruò yuànyì , wǒmen jiù kĕyǐ huó zhe , yĕ kĕyǐ zuò zhè shì , huò zuò nà shì .