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James 2:6–8

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6But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts? 7Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name of the one to whom you belongd?

8However, if you carry out the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”e you are doing well.

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Footnotes

  1. dLiterally “that was called over you”
  2. eA quotation from Lev 19:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into court? Don’t they blaspheme the good name that was invoked over you?

Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.

NLTNew Living Translation

But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? Aren’t they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name you bear?

Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

KJV 1900King James Version

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: