King James Version
James 4:15 in the King James Version says “For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live , and do this, or that.” — study this verse from James chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live , and do this, or that.”
James 4:15 · KJV
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
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live , and do this, or that.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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“ought to say”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“If”
G1437a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
“the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“will”
G2309to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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