James 2:12

You should speak and act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom.

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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

11God told you not to commit adultery, and he also told you not to kill. So if you don't commit adultery, but you do kill, you've become a law-breaker.

13Anyone who doesn't show mercy will be judged without mercy. Yet mercy wins out over judgment!

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Cross References

Colossians 3:17Whatever you do, whether in word or action, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, praising God the Father through him.

James 2:8If you really observe the royal law of Scripture: “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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