James 4:15
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For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
In other translations
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
Greek words
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- Hebrews 6:3And this will we do, if God permit.And this we will do, if God permits.
- Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Acts 18:21But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
- Romans 1:10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
- 1 Corinthians 16:7For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
- Romans 15:32That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
- 2 Samuel 15:25-2625 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again. 26 But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
- 1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
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