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James 4:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. "
James 4:17
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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From This Chapter
James 4:1
"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?"
James 4:2
"Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not."
James 4:3
"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts."
James 4:4
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
James 4:5
"Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?"
James 4:6
"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."
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