Putting to Test the Recovery Version

[TLFisher]

For years I have been bothered by the footnote of James 4:17

"A concluding word to all the charges in the preceding verses. It says that if the recipients of this Epistle are helped by James's writing and yet will not do as he wrote, to them it is sin."

The author of the footnotes implies James 4:17 "Therefore to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." is conditional and optional.

[testallthings]

Originally Posted by Terry

For years I have been bothered by the footnote of James 4:17

"A concluding word to all the charges in the preceding verses. It says that if the recipients of this Epistle are helped by James's writing and yet will not do as he wrote, to them it is sin."

The author of the footnotes implies James 4:17 "Therefore to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." is conditional and optional.

What is it that bothers you?

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Terry

For years I have been bothered by the footnote of James 4:17

"A concluding word to all the charges in the preceding verses. It says that if the recipients of this Epistle are helped by James's writing and yet will not do as he wrote, to them it is sin."

I'll postpone my rant for now, but limiting my post to the James 4:17 footnote, I disagree with the footnotes author. It's not a matter of whether the recipient of James' epistle is helped or not.

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16

If we believe all scripture is God breathed, then we believe James epistle is God breathed. Whether one thinks James lines up with God's Economy is irrelevant.
There's a verse from the Old Testament that pairs up with James 4:17.

"Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt. " Leviticus 5:1