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James 2:8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
James 2:8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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James 2:8
Contemporary English Version
James 2:8
Contemporary English Version
8 (A) You will do all right, if you obey the most important law[a] in the Scriptures. It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves.
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- 2.8 most important law: The Greek text has “royal law,” meaning the one given by the king (that is, God).
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