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James 2:8

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2:8But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,15 “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”16 you are doing well.

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Footnotes

  1. 15 Grk “according to the scripture.”
  2. 16 A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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