If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.James 2:8
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν· ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε·
- εἰei“If”Conditional · “if” · Strong's G1487G
- μέντοιmentoi“indeed”Conjunction · “yet” · Strong's G3305
- νόμονnomon“[the] law”Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from νόμος · “law” · Strong's G3551
- τελεῖτεteleite“you keep”Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from τελέω · “to finish” · Strong's G5055
- βασιλικὸνbasilikon“royal”Adjective, accusative, singular, masculine · from βασιλικός · “royal” · Strong's G0937
- κατὰkata“according to”Preposition · from κατά · “according to” · Strong's G2596
- τὴνtēn“the”Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- γραφήν·graphēn“Scripture;”Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from γραφή · “a writing” · Strong's G1124
- ἀγαπήσειςagapēseis“You will love”Verb, future, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from ἀγαπάω · “to love” · Strong's G0025
- τὸνton“the”Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- πλησίονplēsion“neighbour”Adverb · “near/neighbour” · Strong's G4139
- σουsou“of you”Personal pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
- ὡςhōs“as”Particle · “which/how” · Strong's G5613
- σεαυτόν,seauton“yourself,”Reflexive pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular, masculine · from σεαυτοῦ · “yourself” · Strong's G4771
- καλῶςkalōs“well”Adverb · “well” · Strong's G2573
- ποιεῖτε·poieite“you are doing;”Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from ποιέω · “to do/make” · Strong's G4160G
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)