Do they themselves not blaspheme the good name of the one to whom you belong[a]?

However, if you carry out the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”[b] you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and thus[c] are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:7 Literally “that was called over you”
  2. James 2:8 A quotation from Lev 19:18
  3. James 2:9 Here “and thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are convicted”) which is understood as result

Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](A) you are doing right. But if you show favoritism,(B) you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18