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James 4:15-17
New Living Translation
James 4:15-17
New Living Translation
15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” 16 Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.
17 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
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James 4:15-17
New International Version
James 4:15-17
New International Version
15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,(A) we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(B) 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(C)
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