James 4:17 - Y'all Version Bible Therefore, whoever knows what is excellent to do but doesn’t do it, that is sin for them. 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 wouldn’t have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Jesus said to them, “If y’all were blind, y’all would have no sin. But because y’all say, ‘We see,’ y’all’s sin remains.
And although they fully know the decrees of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, they not only do those things, but also approve of those who practice them.
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.