16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

17 [a]Therefore to him that knoweth how to do well, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:17 The conclusion of all the former treatise: The knowledge of the will of God doth not only nothing at all profit, unless the life be answerable unto it, but also maketh the sins far more grievous.

16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(A) 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.(B)

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