James 4:17 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁷ So whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ It is a sin when someone knows the right thing to do and doesn’t do it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.

James 4:17 Cross References

John 13:17

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

John 15:22

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Romans 1:32

Though they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things deserve death, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 7:13

Has that then which is good brought death to me? Certainly not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

2 Peter 2:21

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 commandment that was passed on to them.