James 2:8

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But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
  • Phil 4:14 : 14 Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:18 : 18 The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
  • 2 Kgs 7:9 : 9 Then they said to one another,“It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. If we wait until dawn, we’ll be punished. So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”
  • Jonah 4:4 : 4 The LORD said,“Are you really so very angry?”
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 God said to Jonah,“Are you really so very angry about the little plant?” And he said,“I am as angry as I could possibly be!”
  • Matt 22:39 : 39 The second is like it:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His master answered,‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His master answered,‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
  • Mark 12:31-33 : 31 The second is:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 The expert in the law said to him,“That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. 33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
  • Luke 10:27-37 : 27 The expert answered,“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” 28 Jesus said to him,“You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” 29 But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus,“And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied,“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. 32 So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. 34 He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring olive oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying,‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’ 36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 The expert in religious law said,“The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him,“Go and do the same.”
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that– and tremble with fear.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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    9But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.

    10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

    11For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

    12Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.

    13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Gal 5:13-15
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    13Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

    14For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

    15However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

  • Matt 22:38-40
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    38This is the first and greatest commandment.

    39The second is like it:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

    40All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

  • Rom 13:8-10
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    8Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

    9For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

    10Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

  • Mark 12:31
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    31The second is:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

  • Matt 19:19
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    19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Jas 2:7
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    7Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?

  • Luke 6:31-33
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    31Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

    32“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

    33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.

  • Matt 7:12
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    12In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

    18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

    14For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

  • Matt 5:43
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    43Love for Enemies“You have heard that it was said,‘Love your neighbor’ and‘hate your enemy.’

  • Jas 1:25
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    25But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.

  • Matt 5:46-47
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    46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

    47And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they?

  • Rom 2:27
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    27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!

  • Rom 2:23
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    23You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

  • Luke 10:27-28
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    27The expert answered,“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

    28Jesus said to him,“You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

  • 1 Tim 1:8
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    8But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately,

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

  • Matt 22:36
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    36“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

  • Mark 12:33
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    33And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

  • 1 Pet 2:17
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    17Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).

  • Lev 25:14
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    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • Rom 10:5
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    5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law:“The one who does these things will live by them.”

  • Zech 8:17
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    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.