James 4:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin. American Standard Version (1901) To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Common English Bible It is a sin when someone knows the right thing to do and doesn’t do it. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin. |
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin.
‘If you were blind,’ Jesus told them, ‘you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, “We see,” your sin remains.
Although they know God’s just sentence #– #that those who practise such things deserve to die , #– #they not only do them, but even applaud , others who practise them.
Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, in order to be recognised as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.