James 4
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James 4:11-17

111Do not speakG2635 againstG2635 oneG240 anotherG240, 2brethrenG80. He who speaksG2635 againstG2635 a brotherG80 orG2228 3judgesG2919 his brotherG80, speaksG2635 againstG2635 4the lawG3551 and judgesG2919 the lawG3551; but ifG1487 you judgeG2919 the lawG3551, you are not 5a doerG4163 of the lawG3551 but a judgeG2923 of it. 12There is only oneG1520 6LawgiverG3550 and JudgeG2923, the One who is 7ableG1410 to saveG4982 and to destroyG622; but 8whoG5101 are you who judgeG2919 your neighborG4139?

139ComeG33 nowG3568, you who sayG3004, “10TodayG4594 orG2228 tomorrowG839 we will goG4198 to suchG3592 and suchG3592 a cityG4172, and spendG4160 a yearG1763 thereG1563 and engageG1710 in businessG1710 and makeG4160 a profitG2770.” 1411YetG3748 you do not knowG1987 12whatG4169 your lifeG2222 will be like tomorrowG839. 13You are just a vaporG822 that appearsG5316 for a littleG3641 whileG3641 and thenG1899 vanishesG853 awayG853. 1514InsteadG473, you ought to sayG3004, “15IfG1437 the LordG2962 willsG2309, we will liveG2198 and alsoG2532 doG4160 thisG3778 orG2228 that.” 16But as it is, you boastG2744 in your 16arroganceG212; 17allG3956 suchG5108 boastingG2746 is evilG4190. 17ThereforeG3767, 18to one who knowsG3609 the 19rightG2570 thingG2570 to doG4160 and doesG4160 not doG4160 it, to him it is sinG266.

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Notes

  1. 1. James 4:11 2 Cor 12:20; James 5:9; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  2. 2. James 4:11 James 1:16; 5:7, 9, 10 ↩
  3. 3. James 4:11 Matt 7:1; Rom 14:4 ↩
  4. 4. James 4:11 James 2:8 ↩
  5. 5. James 4:11 James 1:22 ↩
  6. 6. James 4:12 Is 33:22; James 5:9 ↩
  7. 7. James 4:12 Matt 10:28 ↩
  8. 8. James 4:12 Rom 14:4 ↩
  9. 9. James 4:13 James 5:1 ↩
  10. 10. James 4:13 Prov 27:1; Luke 12:18-20 ↩
  11. 11. James 4:14 Lit Who do not ↩
  12. 12. James 4:14 Or what will happen tomorrow. What kind of life is yours? ↩
  13. 13. James 4:14 Job 7:7; Ps 39:5; 102:3; 144:4 ↩
  14. 14. James 4:15 Lit Instead of your saying ↩
  15. 15. James 4:15 Acts 18:21 ↩
  16. 16. James 4:16 Or pretensions ↩
  17. 17. James 4:16 1 Cor 5:6 ↩
  18. 18. James 4:17 Luke 12:47; John 9:41; 2 Pet 2:21 ↩
  19. 19. James 4:17 Or good ↩

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