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James 2:8

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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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James 2:8 in other translations

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

James 2:8 · American Standard Version

James 2:8 in context

  1. 6But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
  2. 7Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
  3. 8However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
  4. 9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
  5. 10For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

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