James 2:8
American Standard Version
Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
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James 2:8 in other translations
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
James 2:8 in context
- 6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
- 7Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?
- 8Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
- 9but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
- 10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.