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Monday, November 25th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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New Living Translation

James 2:12

So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free.

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

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.
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.
Hebrew Names Version
So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
New American Standard Bible
So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
New Century Version
In everything you say and do, remember that you will be judged by the law that makes people free.
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.
English Standard Version
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thus speke ye, and thus do ye, as bigynnynge to be demyd bi the lawe of fredom.
English Revised Version
So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
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.
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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Keep speaking and acting like people who will be judged by a Torah which gives freedom.
Darby Translation
So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by [the] law of liberty;
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.
King James Version (1611)
So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall bee iudged by the Law of libertie.
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.
New Revised Standard
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by 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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So speake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
Good News Translation
Speak and act as people who will be judged by the law that sets us free.
Christian Standard Bible®
Speak and act as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom.
King James Version
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall 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.
Literal Translation
So speak and so do as being about to be judged through a Law of freedom.
Young's Literal Translation
so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,
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.
New English Translation
Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.
New King James Version
So speak and so do as those who will 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

Contextual Overview

8 Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 9 But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law. 10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws. 11 For the same God who said, "You must not commit adultery," also said, "You must not murder." So if you murder someone but do not commit adultery, you have still broken the law. 12 So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free. 13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

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
The fourth row will contain a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones will be set in gold filigree.
Exodus 39:13
The fourth row contained a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones were set in gold filigree.
Numbers 11:7
The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.
Job 28:16
It's worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone— red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone, blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper, blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald— all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were 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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