New Testament · SCRIPTURE
James 4:15
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Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
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For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
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Instead, you⁺ [ought] to say, “If the Lord is willing, both we will live and we will do this or that.”
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James 4
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
16 As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
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