"If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:" — James 2:8

James 2:8 · KJV

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

— James 2:8

Verse 7

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? {blaspheme: or, revile, or, slander}

Verse 9

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

James 2 — Context

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? {blaspheme: or, revile, or, slander}

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

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one {point}, he is guilty of all.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I {am} the LORD.

Galatians 5:14

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, {even} in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Matthew 22:39

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Romans 13:8-9

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

James 2:12

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

Mark 12:31-33

And the second {is} like, {namely} this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Leviticus 19:34

{But} the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I {am} the LORD your God.

Galatians 6:2

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