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11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it. 12 The only real Lawgiver and Judge is He who is able to save or to destroy. Who are you to sit in judgement on your fellow man? 13 Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business," 14 when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more. 15 Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that." 16 But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil. 17 If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin. James 4:11-17, Weymouth New Testament. Public domain.
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