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do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well;

and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

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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