James 4:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 18:21 : 21 And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
  • Heb 6:3 : 3 Now we will do this, if God lets us.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
  • Rom 1:10 : 10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.
  • Rom 15:32 : 32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.
  • 1 Cor 4:19 : 19 But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.
  • 1 Cor 16:7 : 7 For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again: 26 But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

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  • Prov 27:1
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  • 2 Thess 3:4
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    4And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.

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    11For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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    2So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

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    14And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.

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