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James 4:16-17
New International Version
James 4:16-17
New International Version
16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(A) 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(B)
James 4:16-17
New King James Version
James 4:16-17
New King James Version
16 But now you boast in your arrogance. (A)All such boasting is evil.
17 Therefore, (B)to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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James 4:16-17
New American Standard Bible
James 4:16-17
New American Standard Bible
16 But as it is, you boast in your [a]arrogance; (A)all such boasting is evil. 17 So (B)for one who knows the [b]right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.
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- James 4:16 Or pretensions
- James 4:17 Or good
James 4:16-17
English Standard Version
James 4:16-17
English Standard Version
16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. (A)All such boasting is evil. 17 (B)So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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