James 4:15

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

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Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

but on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

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

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.

And this we will do if God permits.

As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.