King James Version
James 4:12 in the King James Version says “There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?” — study this verse from James chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”
James 4:12 · KJV
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell , and get gain :
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. It: or, For it is
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to destroy”
G622to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
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