James 2:12

James chapter 2 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

Context

v.11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

v.12This passage

v.13For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

James 2:8
Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
James 1:25
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
Colossians 3:17
And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
2 Peter 1:4
whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.