James 2:8
If then you fulfil the royal law, according to the scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; you do well.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you?
9But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:34But let him be among you as one of the same country: and you shall love him as yourselves: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
2 Kings 7:9Then they said one to another: We do not well: for this is a day of good tidings. If we hold our peace, and do not tell it till the morning, we shall be charged with a crime: come, let us go and tell it in the king's court.
Jonah 4:9And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death.
Matthew 25:21His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Mark 12:31And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law.
Matthew Henry on James 2:2-8
Regard Due to Poor Christians; Partiality Condemned. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in… Read the whole commentary →