James 2:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.”
Read James 2:8 in the flow of James2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open James2 to see the surrounding context.
“If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 2:8 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Kings 8:18But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
- 2 Kings 7:9Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
- Jonah 4:4But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
- Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Matthew 25:21His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Matthew 25:23His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Mark 12:31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
- Luke 10:27He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Romans 13:8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Philippians 4:14Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
- James 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- James 2:12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
- James 2:19You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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