James 2:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)8 However, you are doing well if you fulfill [i.e., obey] the royal law found in the Scriptures [Lev. 19:18], “You should love your neighbor the same way that you love yourself.” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17698 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition8 If indeed you [really] fulfill the royal Law in accordance with the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as [you love] yourself, you do well. [Lev. 19:18.] Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible8 You do well when you really fulfill the royal law found in scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version8 So if you perfect the regal law, according to the Scriptures, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," then you do well. Ver Capítulo |
But you people are especially chosen [by God]; you are a royal body of priests; you are a nation especially set apart for God’s use; you are a people who belong exclusively to God, that you may express the virtues of the One who called you out of darkness [i.e., of sin and error], and into His marvelous light [i.e., righteousness and truth].