Devine Scripture

James 2:8

James chapter 2 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Context

v.7Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

v.8This passage

v.9but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

Cross references

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

  • Galatians 6:2

    Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

  • Leviticus 19:34

    The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

  • Matthew 25:23

    His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

  • Jonah 4:9

    And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

  • Mark 12:31

    The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

  • James 2:12

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