James
James 2:8
8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”c you are doing well.
Footnotes
- c 2:8 Leviticus 19:18|LEV 19:18
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | Εἰ | Ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| you really fulfill | τελεῖτε | teleite | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G5055 I end, accomplish, pay |
| royal | βασιλικὸν | basilikon | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G937 connected with a king, royal, regal |
| law | νόμον | nomon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3551 a law, the Mosaic Law |
| stated in | κατὰ | kata | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| Scripture | γραφήν | graphēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1124 a writing, passage of scripture, the scriptures |
| Love | Ἀγαπήσεις | Agapēseis | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G25 I love |
| your | σου | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| neighbor | πλησίον | plēsion | Adverb | G4139 near, nearby, a neighbor |
| as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| yourself | σεαυτόν | seauton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Singular | G4572 of yourself |
| you are doing | ποιεῖτε | poieite | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G4160 I do, make |
| well | καλῶς | kalōs | Adverb | G2573 well, nobly, rightly |
Cross-references
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Leviticus 19:18 · Galatians 5:14 · Matthew 22:39 · Romans 13:8–9 · James 2:12 · Mark 12:31–33 · Galatians 6:2 · Leviticus 19:34 · 1 Peter 2:9 · James 1:25 · 2 Kings 7:9 · 1 Thessalonians 4:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.