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Aren’t they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name[a] you bear?

Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b] But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law.

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  1. 2:7 Greek slander the noble name.
  2. 2:8 Lev 19:18.

Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](A) you are doing right. But if you show favoritism,(B) you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.(C)

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  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18