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James 2:8
But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.
James 2:8 · Geneva Bible
James 2:8 in other translations
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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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In context
5 Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?
6 But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?
7 Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?
8 But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.
9 But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
10 For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.
11 For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.
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