James 2:8
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If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” ye do well.
Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
If, however, you are [really] fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, if you have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit]” you are doing well.
If indeed you [really] fulfill the royal Law in accordance with the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as [you love] yourself, you do well.
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.
You do well when you really fulfill the royal law found in scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself.
If you truly attain the goal of Kingdom Torah, in conformity with the passage that says, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
You will do all right, if you obey the most important law in the Scriptures. It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves.
If indeed ye keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
If indeed you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture [in Lev 19:18], “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ”, you are doing well.
If then you fulfill the royal law, according to the scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; you do well.
One law rules over all other laws. This royal law is found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.” If you obey this law, you are doing right.
But the message of God's kingdom is this: ‘Love other people as much as you love yourself.’ That is what the Bible says. If you really do that, you do well.
However, if you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
If you really fulfil the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”, you are doing well.
This royal law [C because God the king decreed it, or because it is the supreme law] is found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself [Lev. 19:18; Matt. 22:37–40].” ·If you [or If you really; or If you, however,] ·obey [fulfill; carry out] this law, you are doing ·right [well].
But if ye fulfill the royal Law according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.
You are doing right if you obey this law from the highest authority: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
You will be doing the right thing if you obey the law of the Kingdom, which is found in the scripture, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
Indeed, if you keep the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.
One law rules over all other laws. This royal law is found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” If you obey this law, then you are doing right.
Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
If you obey the royal law, expressed by the scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself’, all is well. But once you allow any invidious distinctions to creep in, you are sinning, you have broken God’s Law. Remember that a man who keeps the whole Law but for a single exception is none the less a law-breaker. The one who said, ‘Do not commit adultery’, also said, ‘Do not murder’. If you were to keep clear of adultery but were to murder a man you would have become a breaker of God’s whole Law.
¶ If ye truly fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well;
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
However, if you carry out the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
Yes indeed, it is good when you truly obey our Lord’s command, “You must love and help your neighbors just as much as you love and take care of yourself.”
You do well when you complete the Royal Rule of the Scriptures: “Love others as you love yourself.” But if you play up to these so-called important people, you go against the Rule and stand convicted by it. You can’t pick and choose in these things, specializing in keeping one or two things in God’s law and ignoring others. The same God who said, “Don’t commit adultery,” also said, “Don’t murder.” If you don’t commit adultery but go ahead and murder, do you think your non-adultery will cancel out your murder? No, you’re a murderer, period.
If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
If you really fulfill the royal law as set forth in this scripture, “You shall love · your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
You are doing right if you obey this law from the highest authority: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
You will be doing well if you truly observe the sovereign law enjoined in Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
This royal law is found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” If you obey this law, you are doing right.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
The royal law is found in Scripture. It says, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18) If you really keep this law, you are doing what is right.
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself,’ you are doing right.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;
You do well when you obey the Holy Writings which say, “You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
If you fulfil the royal law according to the scripture that says, You shall love your neighbour as yourself – you do well.
You do well if you really fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
You do well if you really fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
Supposing, however, you keep the royal law, as it is written, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”; if you do this, you will do well.
If indeed you are shomer regarding the Dat HaMalkhut (Royal Decree), as it is written in the Kitvei Hakodesh, "V’AHAVTAH L’REI’ACHA KAMOCHA" ("And thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." [VAYIKRA 19:18]) you do well.
But if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”, you do well.
If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
Remember His call, and live by the royal law found in Scripture: love others as you love yourself. You’ll be doing very well if you can get this down.
However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”Leviticus 19:18 you do well.
The holy writings say, `Love your neighbour as you love yourself.' If you obey this law of your King you do well.
Nevertheless if ye perform the king's law, by scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well;
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