James 2:8
6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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- If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
- WEB
- However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
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- Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
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- If indeed ye keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
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- If indeed you⁺ fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you⁺ are doing well.
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- Dersom dere oppfyller den kongelige loven etter Skriften: Du skal elske din neste som deg selv, da gjør dere godt;
- OTB
- Hvis dere virkelig holder den kongelige loven som finnes i Skriften, "Elsk din neste som deg selv," gjør dere det godt.
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- Visselig, dersom I opfyller den kongelige lov efter Skriften: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv, da gjør I vel;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Read in contextGalatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Read in contextMatthew 22:39
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Read in contextRomans 13:8–9
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Read in contextJames 2:12
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
Read in contextMark 12:31–33
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Read in contextGalatians 6:2
Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:34
You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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