James 2:8
6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- KJV
- 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.
- ASV
- Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
- DARBY
- If indeed ye keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
- BLB
- If indeed you⁺ fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you⁺ are doing well.
- ÅB
- 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.
- B1930
- 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
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Read in contextGalatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Read in contextMatthew 22:39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Read in contextRomans 13:8–9
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Read in contextJames 2:12
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Read in contextMark 12:31–33
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Read in contextGalatians 6:2
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:34
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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