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James 4:13-17 (NIV2010)

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¹³ Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." ¹⁴ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵ Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." ¹⁶ As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. ¹⁷ If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 13) Wisdom / Understanding / Stupidity - If it is the Lord's will - Life is a mist
(v. 14) Wisdom / Understanding / Stupidity - If it is the Lord's will - Life is a mist
(v. 15) Wisdom / Understanding / Stupidity - If it is the Lord's will - Life is a mist
(v. 17) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Does not do the good one ought to do - sins

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 13) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 14) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 14) Prayer of the Righeous - More Powerful Than We Can Imagine (part II) (2013-03-06)
(v. 15) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 16) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 17) Purpose Driven Life - Balancing Your Life (part 2) (2008-07-19)
(v. 17) Sin (part II) (2010-12-22)
(v. 17) Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) (2011-02-15)
(v. 17) NT Commands (part IV) (2011-03-11)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 14) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)