James 4:17 - English Standard Version 2016 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is 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. 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 have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.