Verse 8
5. And violating the divine law on this or any one point breaks the whole law, James 2:8-13.
8. Our apostle here states and denies an excuse of theirs, that their treatment of the rich was accordant with the law of love.
The royal law The golden rule, called royal because, perhaps, first clearly proclaimed by the royal Jesus; or, more probably, because it is the supreme law which comprehends the entire law over the relations of men to men.
Do well Your conduct is right if it accord with the royal law. But the question is, Does it accord with that law? He denies it, (9-13,) declares that it is such a transgression as makes them condemnable by the whole law, being a violation of the law of mercy, (James 2:13,) namely, mercy to the poor man, so cruelly slighted.
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