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James 4:12

โ€œOnly one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?โ€

Verse in context โ€” James 4

10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

11

Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

13

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.

14

Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

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