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James 4:17
New International Version
James 4:17
New International Version
17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(A)
James 4:17
English Standard Version
James 4:17
English Standard Version
17 (A)So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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James 4:17
Christian Standard Bible
James 4:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it.(A)
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James 4:17
New American Standard Bible 1995
James 4:17
New American Standard Bible 1995
17 Therefore, (A)to one who knows the [a]right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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- James 4:17 Or good
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