James 4:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will , we shall live, and do this, or that.

James 4:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Hebrews 6:3
And this will we do, if God permit.
Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Acts 18:21
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
Romans 1:10
Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-17)

In this part of the chapter, I. We are cautioned against the sin of evil-speaking: Speak not evil one of another, brethren, Jas. 4:11. The Greek word, katalaleite, signifies speaking any thing that may hurt or injure another; we must not speak evil things of others, though they be true, unless we be called to it, and there be some necessary occasion for the; much less must we report evil things wh…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. Literally, “instead of your saying,” &c. This refers to “ye that say” (Jas 4:13). we shall live--The best manuscripts read, “We shall both live and do,” &c. The boasters spoke as if life, action, and the particular kind of action were in their power, whereas all three depend entirely on the will of the Lord.