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James 4:17
To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
James 4:17 · World English Bible
James 4:17 in other translations
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
To him therefore who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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In context
14 Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
17 To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
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