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James 2:8
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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”
[a]
you are doing right.
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James 2:8 in Other Translations
KJV
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If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
ESV
8
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
NLT
8
Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
MSG
8
You do well when you complete the Royal Rule of the Scriptures: "Love others as you love yourself."
CSB
8
If you really carry out the royal law prescribed in Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself , you are doing well.
James 2:8 In-Context
6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
7
Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
8
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
9
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
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Leviticus 19:18
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Matthew 5:43
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Lev. 19:18
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