Catholic Public Domain Version
"For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that. "
— James 4:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. ”
“For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."”
“You ought to say instead,“If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.””
“For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and, If we shall live, we will do this or that.”
“But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.”
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.
But who are you to judge your neighbor? Consider this, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into that city, and certainly we will spend a year there, and we will do business, and we will make our profit,”
consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow.
For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that.
But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked.
Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.