James 2:8
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 + 2:8 Lv 19:18 (And thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself) you do well.
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Leviticus 19:34But the ger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim: I am Hashem Eloheichem.
2 Kings 7:9Then they said one to another, We do not right; this day is a Yom Besorah, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till ohr haboker, some avon (punishment for being sinful) will overtake us; now therefore come, that we may go and tell the Bais HaMelech.
Jonah 4:9And Elohim said to Yonah: Doest thou well to be angry for the climbing gourd? And he said: I do well to be angry, even unto mot (death).
Matthew 25:21And his Adon said to him, Shkoyach (well done), eved tov vneeman (good and faithful servant)! A few things you were faithful over, over many things I will ordain you. Enter into the simchah of your Adon.
Mark 12:31And the shneyah is this, VAHAVTA LREACHA KAMOCHA. + 12:31 Lv 19:18 There is not another mitzvah greater than these.
Romans 13:8Owe (be indebted, obligated) nothing to anyone except a choiv (debt) of ahavah (love); for he who has ahavah has fulfilled the Torah.
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 →