James Chapter 4 verse 15 Holy Bible
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
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But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.
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instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
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For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."
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instead of your saying, `If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
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James 4 : 15 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - For that ye ought to say (ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν); literally, instead of your saying; ἀντὶ τοῦ, with the infinitive, "saepe apud Graecos" (Grimm). This verse follows in thought on ver. 13, ver. 14 having been parenthetical. "Go to now, ye that say... instead of your saying (as ye ought), If the Lord will," etc. Once more the text requires correction, as the futures ζήσομεν and ποιήσομεν should be read (with א, A, B), instead of the subjunctives of the Received Text. It is generally agreed now that the verse should be rendered," If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that." But it is possible to divide it differently, and to render as follows: "If the Lord will, and we live, we shall also do this or that." Vulgate, si Dominus voluerit et si [omit si, Codex Amiat.] vixerimus, faciemus, etc. (cf. Winer, 'Grammar of N.T. Greek,' p. 357).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) For that ye ought to say . . . .--Referring to James 4:13, in some such a continuation of reproof as this: Woe unto you that say, . . . . instead of saying, "If the Lord will". . . . In fact, it is a thing of the past, not of time, but completed action on the part of God--"If the Lord have willed it, we shall both live and do this or that." Such is far, be it noted, from Fatalism, in even its best form, as under the teaching of Islam. The sovereignty of God is acknowledged, but with it is plainly recognised the existence of man's free will, dependent, however, on the permission of the Most High for its fleeting duration and power. St. Paul speaks in similar tone of coming to Corinth, "if the Lord will" (1Corinthians 4:19); and "God willing" (D.V.), "the reference of all the contingencies of the future to One supremely wise and loving Will, has been in all ages of Christendom the stay and strength of devout souls."
