James 2:12
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
KJV
οὗτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖτε ὡς διὰ νόμου ἐλευθερίας μέλλοντες κρίνεσθαι.
Greek NT
Sic loquimini, et sic facite sicut per legem libertatis incipientes judicari.
Vulgate
So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
ASV
So speak ye and so do, as being to be judged by the law of liberty.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἐλευθερία
eleutheria
noun · 11×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1972The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and the sacraments; a law of freedom, because it sets us free from the ritual and juridical observances of the Old Law, inclines us to act spontaneously by the prompting …
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:16 — As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
- 2Pet 1:4 — Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- Col 3:17 — And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
- Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- Jas 2:8 — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
- Jas 2:8 — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
- Ps 119:45 — And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.