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Jacques 4:16

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16 Mais maintenant vous vous glorifiez dans vos pensées orgueilleuses. C'est chose mauvaise que de se glorifier de la sorte.

Jacques 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

James 4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings
Of tomorrow, and of the continuance of life, and of going to such a place, and abiding there for such a time, and of trading and trafficking with great success, to the obtaining of much gain and riches; see ( Proverbs 27:1 )

all such rejoicing is evil;
wicked and atheistical, as expressing a neglect of and independence on Providence; arrogating and ascribing too much to themselves, their power and will, as if they had their lives and fortunes in their own hands, and at their own dispose, when all depend upon the will of God. The Syriac version renders it, "all such rejoicing is from evil"; from an evil heart, and from the evil one, Satan.

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Jacques 4:16 In-Context

14 Vous qui ne savez pas ce qui arrivera demain! car, qu'est-ce que votre vie? Vous êtes une vapeur qui paraît pour un peu de temps, et qui ensuite disparaît.
15 Vous devriez dire, au contraire: Si Dieu le veut, nous vivrons, et nous ferons ceci ou cela.
16 Mais maintenant vous vous glorifiez dans vos pensées orgueilleuses. C'est chose mauvaise que de se glorifier de la sorte.
17 Celui donc qui sait faire ce qui est bien, et qui ne le fait pas, commet un péché.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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