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James 4:13

James 4:13
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell , and get gain :

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Go to now, ye that say,.... The apostle passes from exposing the sin of detraction, and rash judgment, to inveigh against those of presumption and self-confidence; and the phrase, "go to now", is a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Go to now - The apostle here introduces a new subject, and refers to another fault which was doubtless prevalent among them, as it is everywhere, that of a presumptuous confidence respecting the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Go to now - Αγε νυν· Come now, the same in meaning as the Hebrew הבה habah, come, Gen 11:3, Gen 11:4, Gen 11:7. Come, and hear what I have to say, ye that say, etc.

To-day, or to-morrow, we will go -…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

James 4:11-17

In this part of the chapter,

I. We are cautioned against the sin of evil-speaking: Speak not evil one of another, brethren, Jam 4:11. The Greek word, katalaleite, signifies speaking any thing that may…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

James 4:13-17

Man proposing, God disposing

13. Go to now, ye that say The warnings pass on to another form of the worldliness of the double-minded; the far-reaching plans for the future such as our Lord had…