James 4:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Therfore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not, to him it is synne.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:41 : 41 Iesus sayde vnto the: Yf ye were blynde, ye shulde haue no synne. But now that ye saye, we se, therfore youre sonne remayneth.
  • John 13:17 : 17 Yf ye knowe these thinges, blessed are ye yf ye do them.
  • John 15:22 : 22 Yf I had not come & spoke vnto the, the shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne withall.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 which men, though they knowe the righteousnes of God (that they which do soch, are worthy of death) yet not onely do the same, but also haue pleasure in those that do the.
  • 2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowne the waye of righteousnes, then after they haue knowne it, to turne from the holy commaundemet, that was geuen vnto them.
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 The seruaunt that knewe his lordes wil and prepared not himself, nether dyd acordinge to his will, shal be beaten with many strypes: 48 But he that knewe it not, and yet dyd thinges worthy of strypes, shal be beaten with few strypes. For loke vnto whom moch is geuen, of him shal moch be sought: and loke to whom moch is commytted, of him shal moch be requyred.
  • Rom 2:17-23 : 17 But take hede, thou art called a Iewe, and trustest in the lawe, & makest thy boost of God, 18 and knowest his will: & for so moch as thou art enfourmed out of ye lawe, 19 thou prouest what is best to do, and presumest to be a leader of the blynde: a lighte of them yt are in darcknes: 20 an enformer of ye vnwyse: a teacher of ye symple: which hast the ensample of knowlege & of the trueth in the lawe. 21 Now teachest thou other, and teachest not thy selfe. Thou preachest that a man shulde not steale, and thou stealest. 22 Thou sayest, that a man shulde not breake wedlocke, and thou breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest ymages, and robbest God of his honoure. 23 Thou makest thy boost of the lawe, and thorow breakynge of the lawe thou dishonorest God.
  • Rom 7:13 : 13 Is that then which is good, become death vnto me? God forbyd. But synne, that it mighte appeare how yt it is synne, hath wroughte me death thorow good: that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement.
  • Rom 1:20-21 : 20 that the inuisible thinges of God (that is, his euerlastinge power and Godheade) mighte be sene whyle they are considered by the workes from the creacion of the worlde: so that they are without excuse, 21 in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded.

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    17Whan a soule synneth, and doth ought agaynst eny comaundement of the LORDE, yt he shulde not do, & is infourmed therof, he hath trespased, & is giltie of the synne.

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    4Who so euer comytteth synne, comytteth vnrighteousnes also, and synne is vnrighteousnes.

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    17All vnrighteousnes is synne, and there is synne not vnto death.

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    2Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

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    34Awake righte vp, and synne not: for some haue not ye knowlege of God. This I saye to youre shame.

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    4Or whan a soule sweareth, so yt he pronounceth wt his mouth to do euell or good (what so euer it be that a man pronounceth wt an ooth) & was not awarre of it, & afterwarde cometh to the knowlege therof, he hath offended in one of these.

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    17Yf ye knowe these thinges, blessed are ye yf ye do them.

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    20for there is not one iust vpo earth, yt doth good, & sinneth not.

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    15because I knowe not what I do. For I do not yt I will, but what I hate, yt do I.

    16Yf I do now that which I wil not, the graunte I, that the lawe is good.

    17So then it is not I that do it, but synne that dwelleth in me:

    18for I knowe that in me (yt is, in my flesh) there dwelleth no good thinge.To wyll is present wt me, but to perfourme yt which is good,

    19I fynde not. For ye good that I wyll, do I not: but the euell which I wil not, that do I.

    20Yf I do now that I wil not, then is it not I that do it, but synne that dwelleth in me.

    21Thus fynde I now by the lawe, yt whan I wyl do good, euell is present with me.

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    2For we are sure that the iudgment of God is (acordinge to the trueth) ouer them that do soch.

    3But thinkest thou this O thou man, that iudgest them which do soch thinges, and doest euen the very same thy selfe, that thou shalt escape ye iudgmet of God?

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