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NASB | James 2:8 ¶ If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are doing well. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 2:8 ¶ If, however, you are [really] fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF [that is, if you have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit]" you are doing well. [Lev 19:18] |
Bible Question:
Where does the Bible say "And when you choose the Law over Grace, you die?" ... does that mean you don't have to follow the Law at all? Was what Paul wrote in Timothy and Titus, regarding the overseers based on the OT Law? If so, please cite Scripture. If any OT Law is qouted in the NT, are we free to disobey? You still forget consquences ... some are for a lifetime. |
Bible Answer: Romans 7:5,6 For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. (6) But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 5:20 The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:14,15,18 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. (15)What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!....(18)You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, (4)in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. Romans 10:4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. There are many many more, but what I meant was that if you choose to make the law your way to salvation, then you are surely going to die, because no one has ever been able to keep every letter of it and that is the requirement of living under the law. In Acts 14:10, 11 Peter says "Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?(11)No! We believe it is through the grace our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are." We keep the law because that is the blueprint or roadmap God gave us to show us and guide us in how He wants to live and treat with each other. But we HAVE LIFE because of God's grace. Because we are God's children, His beloved, those whom He gave His Son's life to restore, those who have given themselves to His Son, then we obey the law from love and obedience. The law can't kill us anymore because we are promised life through grace. But if you say the law, keeping the law is how you are seeking eternal life, then you are saying that by works, by something you do, you can earn your salvation. Grace is the only way to salvation and life. That's what I meant if you choose law over grace then you die. Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. (14)The entire law is summed up in a single command: Love your neighbor as yourself (15) If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfullness, (23)gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. |