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James 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

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


James 2:12Greek Interlinear

Greek · James 2:1211 words
GreekMeaning
οὕτωςhoutōs
ThusadverbG3779
λαλεῖτεlaleite
do speakverbG2980
καὶkai
andwordG2532
οὕτωςhoutōs
soadverbG3779
ποιεῖτεpoieite
do actverbG4160
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
διὰdia
throughprepositionG1223
νόμουnomou
the lawnounG3551
ἐλευθερίαςeleutherias
of freedomnounG1657
μέλλοντεςmellontes
being aboutverbG3195
κρίνεσθαιkrinesthai
to be judgedverbG2919
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on James 2:12

The law of liberty, therefore, the law of love, is that of which he says: If you fulfil the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbour as yourself, you do well: but if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. James 2:8-9 And then (after the difficult sentence, Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all, concerning which I have with sufficient fullness stated…

Augustine · 4th century · Letter 167 (to Jerome), 19
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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