YAC 2:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=minor spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You will love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

UST So you should not treat rich people better than poor people. Instead, you should obey the commandment that Jesus said was so important. It is from the law of Moses: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” If you show love to everyone equally, you will be doing what is right.

BSB § If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[fn] you are doing well.

BLB If indeed you keep the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

AICNT If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;[fn]

2:8, Leviticus 19:18

OEB If you keep the royal law which runs – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself,” you are doing right;

WEBBE However, if you fulfil the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, “ You shall love your neighbor as yourself your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

LSV If, indeed, you fulfill royal law, according to the Writing: “You will love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;

FBV If you really observe the royal law of Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”[fn] then you do well.

2:8 Quoting Leviticus 19:18.

TCNT If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself,” you do well.

T4T In the Scriptures God has commanded each of you to love other people like you love yourself. That commandment was also given by Jesus our King [MTY]. If you are loving others, you are doing what is right.

LEB However, if you carry out the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”[fn] you are doing well.

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BBE But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

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Wymth If, however, you are keeping the Law as supreme, in obedience to the Commandment which says "You are to love your fellow man just as you love yourself," you are acting rightly.

ASV Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

DRA If then you fulfill the royal law, according to the scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; you do well.

YLT If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' — ye do well;

Drby If indeed ye keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.

RV Howbeit if ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

Wbstr If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

KJB-1769 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
(If ye/you_all fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy/your neighbour as thyself/yourself, ye/you_all do well: )

KJB-1611 If ye fulfil the royall Law, according to the Scripture, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, ye doe well.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps If ye fulfyll the royal lawe, according to the scripture, thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, ye do well:
(If ye/you_all fulfyll the royal law, according to the scripture, thou/you shalt love thy/your neighbour as thyself/yourself, ye/you_all do well:)

Gnva But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.
(But if ye/you_all fulfil the royal Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt love thy/your neighbour as thyself/yourself, ye/you_all do well. )

Cvdl Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe acordinge to the scripture which saith: Thou shalt loue thyne neghbour as thyselfe, ye do well.
(If ye/you_all fulfil the royal law according to the scripture which saith: Thou shalt love thine/your neghbour as thyselfe, ye/you_all do well.)

TNT Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe accordynge to the scripture which sayth. Thou shallt love thyne neghbour as thy silfe ye do well.
(If ye/you_all fulfil the royal law accordynge to the scripture which sayth. Thou shallt love thine/your neghbour as thy/your self ye/you_all do well. )

Wycl Netheles if ye performen the kingis lawe, bi scripturis, Thou schalt loue thi neiybour as thi silf, ye don wel.
(Netheles if ye/you_all performen the kingis law, by scripturis, Thou shalt love thy/your neiybour as thyself/yourself, ye/you_all done wel.)

Luth So ihr das königliche Gesetz vollendet nach der Schrift: Liebe deinen Nächsten wie dich selbst, so tut ihr wohl.
(So you/their/her the royal law vollendet after the/of_the Schrift: love deinen Nächsten like you/yourself himself/itself, so tut you/their/her wohl.)

ClVg Si tamen legem perficitis regalem secundum Scripturas: Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum: bene facitis:[fn]
(When/But_if tamen legem perficitis regalem after/second Scripturas: Diliges proximum your like teipsum: bene facitis: )

2.8 Si tamen legem. Quia aspere et de contemptu divitum locutus erat, et quodammodo contrarius legi divinæ, quæ omnes diligi præcipit, ne omnino contemnendi divites putentur, subdit: quasi dicat propter prædictas causas non sunt eligendi, sed si perficitis hanc legem quæ dicit: Diliges proximum Matth. 22., benefacitis; quia, etsi divites propter divitias non sunt eligendi, non tamen propter Deum minus sunt diligendi. Regalem. Id est excellentem, vel quia communis est omnibus, et omnes complectitur. Vel quæ dicit: Non confundas personam pauperis, nec honores vultum potentis Levit. 19., et alibi: Nulla erit distantia personarum: ita parvum ut magnum audietis, quia judicium Dei est Deut. 1..

2.8 When/But_if tamen legem. Because aspere and about contemptu divitum spoke was, and quodammodo contrarius legi divinæ, which everyone diligi præcipit, not omnino contemnendi divites putentur, subdit: as_if let_him_say propter prædictas causas not/no are eligendi, but when/but_if perficitis hanc legem which he_says: Diliges proximum Matth. 22., benefacitis; quia, etsi divites propter divitias not/no are eligendi, not/no tamen propter God minus are diligendi. Regalem. That it_is excellentem, or because communis it_is to_all, and everyone complectitur. Vel which he_says: Non confundas personam pauperis, but_not honores vultum potentis Levit. 19., and alibi: Nulla will_be distantia personarum: ita parvum as magnum audietis, because yudicium of_God est Deut. 1..

UGNT εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν, κατὰ τὴν Γραφήν, ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε.
(ei mentoi nomon teleite basilikon, kata taʸn Grafaʸn, agapaʸseis ton plaʸsion sou hōs seauton, kalōs poieite.)

SBL-GNT Εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε·
(Ei mentoi nomon teleite basilikon kata taʸn grafaʸn Agapaʸseis ton plaʸsion sou hōs seauton, kalōs poieite;)

TC-GNT Εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικόν, κατὰ τὴν γραφήν, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε·
(Ei mentoi nomon teleite basilikon, kata taʸn grafaʸn, Agapaʸseis ton plaʸsion sou hōs seauton, kalōs poieite; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

εἰ μέντοι

if however

James is using these words to introduce a contrast with what he said in 2:6, “you have dishonored the poor,” meaning “you have treated rich people much better than you have treated poor people.” Alternate translation: “But if, instead of favoring rich people”

τελεῖτε

˱you_all˲_/are/_accomplishing

The verb fulfill comes from the same root as the adjective “perfect” that James uses several times earlier in this letter. It means to make something accomplish its purpose or reach its goal. Alternate translation: “you completely obey”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

νόμον & βασιλικὸν

/the/_law & royal

There are two possible reasons for why James describes the law that he quotes here from Leviticus 19:18 as royal. (1) When Jesus came proclaiming the kingdom of God, he said that this law was one of two that summed up all of the other laws and guided life in the kingdom of God. (The other law was to love God with all of one’s heart, soul, mind, and strength.) Alternate translation: “the law that guides life in the kingdom of God” (2) James may say that this law is royal because God, the true king, gave it to people. Alternate translation: “God’s law”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν

˱you˲_/will_be/_loving the neighbor ˱of˲_you as yourself

Here the law of Moses is using a future statement to give a command. Alternate translation: “You are to love your neighbor as you love yourself”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / youcrowd

ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν

˱you˲_/will_be/_loving the neighbor ˱of˲_you as yourself

The words You, your, and yourself are singular in this quotation because, even though Moses gave this law to the Israelites as a group, each individual person was expected to obey it. So in your translation, use the singular forms of “You,” “your,” and “yourself” if your language marks that distinction.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τὸν πλησίον σου

the neighbor ˱of˲_you

This is an idiom. It does not mean only someone who lives nearby. Alternate translation: “other people” or “anyone you encounter”

καλῶς ποιεῖτε

well ˱you_all˲_/are/_doing

Alternate translation: “you are doing what God wants you to do”

Parallel YAC 2:8