James 2:12

So speak and act just as you are beginning to be judged, by the law of liberty.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not kill.” So if you do not commit adultery, but you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

13For judgment is without mercy toward him who has not shown mercy. But mercy exalts itself above judgment.

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Cross References

Colossians 3:17Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

James 2:8So if you perfect the regal law, according to the Scriptures, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” then you do well.

Matthew Henry on James 2:9-14

The Christian Law. ( a. d. 61.) 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so… Read the whole commentary →

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