James 4:16 KJV — MannaFest

James 4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

KJV

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ASV

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

WEB

As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

YLT

and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

DBT

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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23 verses on the floor

Proverbs 27:1
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Psalms 52:7
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

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Such is the joy of worldly people, to boast of all their successes, yea, often to boast of their very projects before they know what success they shall have. How common is it for men to boast of things which they have no other title to than what arises from their own vanity and presumption! Such rejoicing (says the apostle) is evil; it is foolish and it is hurtful.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

now--as it is. rejoice in . . . boastings--"ye boast in arrogant presumptions," namely, vain confident fancies that the future is certain to you (Jas 4:13). rejoicing--boasting [BENGEL].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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