James 2:12

Thus speak ye, and thus do ye, as beginning to be deemed (or to be judged) by the law of freedom.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 that said, Thou shalt do no lechery [or Thou shalt not do lechery], said also, Thou shalt not slay; (so) that if thou doest no lechery, but thou slayest, thou art made [a] trespasser of the law.

13For why doom without mercy is to him, that doeth no mercy; but mercy above raiseth doom. (For judgement without mercy is for him, who doeth no mercy; but mercy riseth above or triumpheth over judgement.)

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Cross References

Colossians 3:17All thing (s), whatever thing ye do, in word or in deed, all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, doing thankings to God and to the Father by him, [or doing thankings to God the Father by him], (or giving thanks to God the Father through him).

James 2:8Nevertheless if ye perform the King’s law, by (the) scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye 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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