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King James Version

James 2:12

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Faith;   Judgment;   Obedience;   Religion;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judgment, the;   Liberty, Christian;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Freedom;   Law;   Reward;   Holman Bible Dictionary - James, the Letter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bible;   Canon of the New Testament;   Games;   Idolatry;   Law;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - James ;   James Epistle of;   Judge Judging (Ethical);   Law;   Liberty (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Law;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saragossa;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Walk and talk like a cowboy who will be judged by the standard that sets men free.
Bible in Basic English
Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
Darby Translation
So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by [the] law of liberty;
World English Bible
So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So speak ye and so act, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Weymouth's New Testament
Speak and act as those should who are expecting to be judged by the Law of freedom.
King James Version (1611)
So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall bee iudged by the Law of libertie.
Literal Translation
So speak and so do as being about to be judged through a Law of freedom.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So speake ye, and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
Mace New Testament (1729)
speak and act as those, who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
THE MESSAGE
Talk and act like a person expecting to be judged by the Rule that sets us free. For if you refuse to act kindly, you can hardly expect to be treated kindly. Kind mercy wins over harsh judgment every time.
Amplified Bible
Speak and act [consistently] as people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty [that moral law that frees obedient Christians from the bondage of sin].
American Standard Version
So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
Revised Standard Version
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So speake ye and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
Update Bible Version
So speak, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
Webster's Bible Translation
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Young's Literal Translation
so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,
New Century Version
In everything you say and do, remember that you will be judged by the law that makes people free.
New English Translation
Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.
Berean Standard Bible
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
Contemporary English Version
Speak and act like people who will be judged by the law that sets us free.
Complete Jewish Bible
Keep speaking and acting like people who will be judged by a Torah which gives freedom.
English Standard Version
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shal be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.
George Lamsa Translation
So speak and so act, as men who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
Christian Standard Bible®
Speak and act as those who will be judged by the law of freedom.
Hebrew Names Version
So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
International Standard Version
You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.James 1:25;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
So speak and so act, as those who by the law of liberty are to be judged.
Murdock Translation
So speak ye, and so act, as persons that are to be judged by the law of liberty.
New King James Version
So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
New Living Translation
So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free.
New Life Bible
Keep on talking and acting as people who will be told they are guilty or not by the Law that makes men free.
English Revised Version
So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
New Revised Standard
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, be speaking, and, so, doing, as they who, through means of a law of freedom, are about to be judged;
Douay-Rheims Bible
So speak ye and so do, as being to be judged by the law of liberty.
Lexham English Bible
Thus speak and thus act as those who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So speake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
Easy-to-Read Version
You will be judged by the law that makes people free. You should remember this in everything you say and do.
New American Standard Bible
So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
Good News Translation
Speak and act as people who will be judged by the law that sets us free.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thus speke ye, and thus do ye, as bigynnynge to be demyd bi the lawe of fredom.

Contextual Overview

8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

speak: Philippians 4:8, Colossians 3:17, 2 Peter 1:4-8

the: James 2:8, James 1:25

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:45 - And I will John 8:32 - and the 1 Peter 2:16 - free

Cross-References

Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
Exodus 39:13
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
Numbers 11:7
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So speak ye, and so do,.... Both words and actions should be taken care of; it becomes men to observe what they say, and what they do; for both sinful words and works are transgressions of the law, and will be brought to judgment; every idle word, as well as every evil work, both open and secret, men must give an account of in the day of judgment: wherefore it is incumbent on them so to behave,

as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty:

:- with which compare Romans 2:12. Heathens will be judged by the law of nature, Jews by the law of Moses, and those who live under the Gospel dispensation, according to the Gospel of Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty - On the phrase, “the law of liberty,” see the notes at James 1:25. Compare the notes at James 4:11. The meaning is, that in all our conduct we are to act under the constant impression of the truth that we are soon to be brought into judgment, and that the law by which we are to be judged is that by which it is contemplated that we shall be set free from the dominion of sin. In the rule which God has laid down in his word, called “the law of liberty,” or the rule by which true freedom is to be secured, a system of religion is revealed by which it is designed that man shall be emancipated not only from one sin, but from all. Now, it is with reference to such a law that we are to be judged; that is, we shall not be able to plead on our trial that we were under a necessity of sinning, but we shall be judged under that law by which the arrangement was made that we might be free from sin. If we might be free from sin; if an arrangement was made by which we could have led holy lives, then it will be proper that we shall be judged and condemned if we are not righteous. The sense is, “In all your conduct, whatever you do or say, remember that you are to be judged, or that you are to give an impartial account; and remember also that the rule by which you are to be judged is that by which provision is made for being delivered from the dominion of sin, and brought into the freedom of the gospel.” The argument here seems to be, that he who habitually feels that he is soon to be judged by a law under which it was contemplated that he might be, and should be, free from the bondage of sin, has one of the strongest of all inducements to lead a holy life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. So speak ye, and so do — Have respect to every commandment of God, for this the law of liberty - the Gospel of Jesus Christ, particularly requires; and this is the law by which all mankind, who have had the opportunity of knowing it, shall be judged. But all along St. James particularly refers to the precept, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.


 
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