Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Business and Profit

Come now, you who say,

“Today or tomorrow 
we shall go into such and 
such a town, spend a year there 
doing business, 
and make a profit."
James 4:13

14 You have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

Instead you should say,

“If the Lord wills it, 
we shall live to do this or that.” 
James 4:15

16 But now you are boasting in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin.



Pericope:
WARNING AGAINST PRESUMPTION - James 4:13-17

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