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Instead ofἀντὶ τοῦyourὑμᾶςsaying,λέγεινIfἘὰνthe Lordὁ κύριοςwills,θελήσῃwe will bothκαὶliveζήσομενandκαὶdoποιήσομενthisτοῦτοorἢthat.ἐκεῖνο
James 4:15
Study it in the app“Instead of your saying, If the Lord wills, we will both live and do this or that.”
James says no one knows what tomorrow will bringDeath and Eternal Life
With the Greek beneath
James 4:15, word by word
- Instead ofἀντὶanti
instead of
As a swap for: "eye for eye".
Where else “anti” appears- sayingλέγεινlegein
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legein” appears- the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- willsθελήσῃthelēsēi
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelēsēi” appears- liveζήσομενzēsomen
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēsomen” appears- doποιήσομενpoiēsomen
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsomen” appears
The context
14you who do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 · This verse (above)
16But now you boast in your arrogant claims. All such boasting is evil.
To study James 4 in a group
1. What it says
Where does James say the fights and quarrels among you come from (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
James says "draw near to God, and he will draw near to you" (v. 8). What other instructions does he give around that phrase (v. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
James invites us to make plans saying "if the Lord wills" (v. 15). What plan of yours today can you put in God's hands?