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James 4:17

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17wSo whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

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James 4:17: So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Cross references

  1. w[Luke 12:47, 48; 2 Pet. 2:21]; See John 9:41

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, to the one who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.