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James 4:17

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17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

James 4:16 James 4 James 5:1

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KJV

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

ESV

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

NLT

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

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