James 2:8

New American Standard Bible 2020

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:18

But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

2 Kings 7:9

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing the right thing. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent about it; if we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now then come, let’s go and inform the king’s household.”

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance, nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:34

The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

Jonah 4:4

But the Lord said, “Do you have a good reason to be angry?”

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to the point of death!”

Matthew 22:39

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’

Matthew 25:23

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’

Matthew 7:12

“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Romans 13:10

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.

Galatians 5:14

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 6:2

Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

Philippians 4:14

Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my difficulty.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;

James 1:25

But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.

James 2:12

So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

James 4:11

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or judges his brother or sister, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;