¹³ Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” ¹⁴ [a]Yet you do not know [b]what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. ¹⁵ [c]Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” ¹⁶ But as it is, you boast in your [d]arrogance; all such boasting is evil. ¹⁷ Therefore, to one who knows the [e]right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. —James 4:13-17

Introduction

I. The Plan (13)

II. The Problem (14,16)

III. The Prescription (15)

IV. The Principle (17)

Conclusion