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Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” American Standard Version For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If the Lord Wills, We Will - Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do ...
Aug 26, 2024 · To these, James counters, “Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’ But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil” (James 4:14–16, CSB).
God wants His children to willingly live in dependence on Him. The right approach includes weighing God's will before we make the plans, then relying on Him to be in control of the results. He wants us to trust Him, to allow Him to direct our course. He wants to commit ourselves first and above all to accomplishing His will, not our own.
Apr 9, 2000 · 14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. 15 Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." 16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
In James 4:15 we are reminded of the importance of submitting our plans and desires to God’s will. James tells us to consider the brevity of life, and how quickly our plans can change. We may plan to go on a trip or embark on a business venture, but none of us knows what the future holds. He uses the image of a vapour which quickly appears ...
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If the Lord will; i.e. with his providential or directive will, which as yet we do not know, and therefore we say: If the Lord will: for all our counsels and determinations must be regulated by his preceptive or directive will, which we do know; and therefore, with respect to that will, we are not to say: We will do this, or that, if God will ...
