James 2:8 - Plain English Version8 You know, there is a really important law in God’s book. It says, “Love other people, just like you love yourself.” If you do that, you are doing the right thing. 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 are the people God picked out for himself. Together you work for him, like the men that looked after his ceremonies. You are his own family. God called you away from doing bad things, so you can do good things. It is like you used to live in the dark so that nobody could see you do bad things there, but now he called you away from that to live in his good light. So let’s tell everyone that God is really great and really good.
Jesus said, “You know the way you want other people to treat you. Well, you have to treat other people that same way. You have to live like that all the time. That is a short way of saying the message that is in God’s book. It is what God’s law is all about, and it is what God got his men to write about in his book. You have to always treat other people the same way that you want people to treat you.”
My Christian friends, don’t say bad things about each other or rubbish each other. If you rubbish other people, it is like you reckon you are their judge. But God’s law says that you have to love other people, so if you rubbish them, you are really saying that you think God’s law is wrong. But you are not a judge, so you can’t say that God’s law is wrong. Your job is to do whatever God’s law says.