James 2:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe acordinge to the scripture which saith: Thou shalt loue thyne neghbour as thyselfe, ye do well.

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  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not auenge thy self, ner beare euell will agaynst the childre of thy people. Thou shalt loue thy neghboure, as thy self: for I am the LORDE.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, namely in this: loue thy neghboure as thy selfe.
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Beare ye one anothers burthe, and so shal ye fulfyll the lawe of Christ.
  • Phil 4:14 : 14 Notwith stondinge ye haue done well, that ye bare parte with me in my tribulacion.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But as touchinge brotherly loue, ye nede not that I wryte vnto you, for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another:
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But who so loketh in ye perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shalbe happie in his dede.
  • Jas 2:12 : 12 So speake ye, and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 He shal dwell with you, euen as one that is at home amonge you, & thou shalt loue him as yi self: for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte. I am the LORDE youre God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:18 : 18 neuertheles the LORDE sayde vnto my father Dauid: Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name, thou hast done well, that thou art so aduysed.
  • 2 Kgs 7:9 : 9 But one of them saide vnto another: Let vs not do thus, this daye is a daye of good tidynges. Yf we kepe this secrete and byde tyll the lighte mornynge, oure trespace wyl be founde out. Let vs go now therfore, that we maye come, & tell the kynges house.
  • Jonah 4:4 : 4 Then sayde the LORDE: art thou so angrie?
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God sayd vnto Ionas: Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne? And he sayde: yee very angrie am I euen vnto the deeth.
  • Matt 22:39 : 39 As for the seconde, it is like vnto it: Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 Then sayde his lorde vnto hi: wel thou good & faithfull seruaunt, thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle, I wil set the ouer moch: entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His lorde sayde vnto him: Wel thou good and faithfull seruaut, thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle, I wil set the ouer moch: entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde.
  • Mark 12:31-33 : 31 and the seconde is like vnto it: Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self. There is none other greater commaundement then these. 32 And the scrybe sayde vnto him: Master, Verely thou hast sayde right: for there is but one God, & there is none other without him, 33 and to loue him with all the hert, with all the mynde, with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue a mans neghboure as himself, is more then brent sacrifices and all offerynges.
  • Luke 10:27-37 : 27 He answered and sayde: Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert, with all thy soule, with all thy strength, and with all thy mynde, and thy neghboure as thy self. 28 He sayde vnto him: Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt lyue. 29 But he wolde haue iustified himself, & sayde vnto Iesus: Who is then my neghboure? 30 Then answered Iesus, and sayde: A certayne man wente downe from Ierusalem vnto Iericho, and fell amonge murthurers, which stryped him out of his clothes, and wounded him, and wente their waye, and left him half deed. 31 And by chauce there came downe a prest the same waye: and whan he sawe him, he passed by. 32 And likewyse a Leuite, wha he came nye vnto the same place and sawe him, he passed by. 33 But a Samaritane was goynge his iourney, and came that waye, and whan he sawe him, he had compassion vpon him, 34 wente vnto him, bounde vp his woundes, and poured oyle and wyne therin, and lifte him vp vpon his beast, and brought him in to the ynne, and made prouysion for him. 35 Vpon the next daye whan he departed, he toke out two pens, and gaue them to the oost, aud sayde vnto him: Take cure of him, and what so euer thou spendest more, I wil paye it the, whan I come agayne. 36 Which of these thre now thinkest thou, was neghboure vnto him, that fell amonge the murtherers? 37 He sayde: He that shewed mercy vpon him Then sayde Iesus vnto him: Go thy waye then, and do thou likewyse.
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe nothinge to eny man, but to loue one another. For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe. 9 For where it is sayde: ( Thou shalt not breake wedlocke: thou shalt not kyll: thou shalt not steale: thou shalt not beare false witnesse: thou shalt not lust) and yf there be eny other commaundement, it is compreheded in this worde.Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy selfe.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 Beleuest thou yt ther is one God? Thou doest well. The deuils also beleue and tremble.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are that chosen generacion, that kyngly presthode, that holy nacion, that peculier people, yt ye shulde shewe the vertues of him, which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte:

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  • Jas 2:9-13
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    83%

    9But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye comit synne, and are rebuked of the lawe as trsagressours.

    10Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie in all.

    11For he that sayde: Thou shalt not commit adulterie, sayed also: thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kill, thou art a transgresser of the lawe.

    12So speake ye, and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.

    13For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioiseth against iudgment.

  • Gal 5:13-15
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    81%

    13But brethre, ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

    14For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, namely in this: loue thy neghboure as thy selfe.

    15But yf ye byte and deuoure one another, take hede, that ye be not consumed one of another.

  • Matt 22:38-40
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    78%

    38this is the pryncipall and greatest comaundement.

    39As for the seconde, it is like vnto it: Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self.

    40In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes.

  • Rom 13:8-10
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    78%

    8Owe nothinge to eny man, but to loue one another. For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe.

    9For where it is sayde: ( Thou shalt not breake wedlocke: thou shalt not kyll: thou shalt not steale: thou shalt not beare false witnesse: thou shalt not lust) and yf there be eny other commaundement, it is compreheded in this worde.Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy selfe.

    10Loue doth his neghboure no euell. Therfore is loue ye fulfillynge of the lawe.

  • Mark 12:31
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    31and the seconde is like vnto it: Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self. There is none other greater commaundement then these.

  • Matt 19:19
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    19Honoure father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self.

  • Jas 2:7
    74%

    7Do not they speake euell of that good name after which ye be named.

  • Luke 6:31-33
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    73%

    31And as ye wolde that men shulde do vnto you, euen so do ye vnto them likewyse.

    32And yf ye loue them that loue you, what thake haue ye therfore? For synners also loue their louers.

    33And yf ye do good for youre good doers, what thanke haue ye therfore? For synners also do euen the same.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Beare ye one anothers burthe, and so shal ye fulfyll the lawe of Christ.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5For yf ye will amende youre waies and councels, yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man and his neghboure:

  • Matt 7:12
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    12Therfore what soeuer ye wolde that me shulde do to you, eue so do ye to them. This ys the lawe and the Prophetes.

  • Jas 4:11
    72%

    11Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth his brother, and he yt iudgeth his brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe: but a iudge.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4are ye not parciall in youre selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes?

  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hert, but shalt tell yi neghboure his faute, that thou beare not synne for his sake.

    18Thou shalt not auenge thy self, ner beare euell will agaynst the childre of thy people. Thou shalt loue thy neghboure, as thy self: for I am the LORDE.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    71%

    12shal perish also without lawe: and whosoeuer haue synned in the lawe, shalbe iudged by the lawe.

    13For before God, they are not righteous, which heare ye lawe: but they that do the lawe, shalbe iustified.

    14For yf the Gentyles which haue not the lawe, do of nature the thinges conteyned in the lawe, then they hauynge not the lawe, are a lawe vnto them selues,

  • Matt 5:43
    70%

    43Ye haue herde, how it is saide: thou shalt loue thyne neghboure, & hate thyne enemy.

  • Jas 1:25
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    25But who so loketh in ye perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shalbe happie in his dede.

  • Matt 5:46-47
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    70%

    46For yf ye loue them which loue you, what rewarde shall ye haue? Do not the Publicans eue so?

    47And yf ye be frendly to youre brethren onlye: what singuler thynge do ye? Do not the Publicans also lyke wyse?

  • Rom 2:27
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    27And so it that of nature is vncircumcision, and fulfilleth the lawe shal iudge the, which vnder the letter and circumcision trasgressest the lawe.

  • Rom 2:23
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    23Thou makest thy boost of the lawe, and thorow breakynge of the lawe thou dishonorest God.

  • Luke 10:27-28
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    27He answered and sayde: Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert, with all thy soule, with all thy strength, and with all thy mynde, and thy neghboure as thy self.

    28He sayde vnto him: Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt lyue.

  • Jas 1:22
    70%

    22And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues.

  • 1 Tim 1:8
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    8But we knowe that the lawe is good, yf a man vse it laufully,

  • 1 Cor 6:8
    69%

    8but ye youre selues do wroge and defraude, and that euen the brethre.

  • Matt 22:36
    69%

    36Master, which is the chefest commaundemet in the lawe?

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore, ner honoure the parsonne of the greate, but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously.

  • Mark 12:33
    69%

    33and to loue him with all the hert, with all the mynde, with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue a mans neghboure as himself, is more then brent sacrifices and all offerynges.

  • 1 Pet 2:17
    69%

    17Honoure all men. Loue brotherly fellishippe. Feare God. Honoure the kynge.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers,

  • Lev 25:14
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    14Now whan thou sellest ought vnto thy neghboure, or byest eny thinge of him, there shal none of you oppresse his brother:

  • Rom 10:5
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    5Moses wryteth of ye righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, that the man which doth ye same, shal lyue therin.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17none of you ymagyn euell in his hert agaynst his neghboure, and loue no false oothes: for all these are the thinges that I hate, sayeth the LORDE.