James 4:15 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁵ Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Here’s what you ought to say: “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: "If the Lord wills," or, "If we live," we will do this or that.

James 4:15 Cross References

Acts 18:21

but bid farewell to them saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast which is in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing."And he put out to sea from Ephesus.

Romans 1:10

requesting if somehow now at sometime I shall succeed in the will of God to come to you.

Romans 15:32

so that in joy I may come to you through the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you.

1 Corinthians 16:7

For I do not wish to see you now in passing; but I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you quickly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are arrogant, but the power.

Hebrews 6:3

And let us do this if indeed God permits.

James 4:16

But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.