James 4:17 - 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. |
If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
Jesus said to them: "If you were blind, you would not have sin. Yet now you say, 'We see.' So your sin persists."
And these, though they had known the justice of God, did not understand that those who act in such a manner are deserving of death, and not only those who do these things, but also those who consent to what is done.
Then was what is good made into death for me? Let it not be so! But rather sin, in order that it might be known as sin by what is good, wrought death in me; so that sin, through the commandment, might become sinful beyond measure.
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after acknowledging it, to turn away from that holy commandment which was handed on to them.