James 2:8

8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, 1"You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

James 2:8 In-Context

6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Cited from Leviticus 19:18
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