James 2:8 (NKJV): What the Church Fathers Said

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James 2:8

Eastern Fathers

Oecumenius

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. "According to Scripture." Deuteronomy says.

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Bede

If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the Scriptures: You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. See how he calls them transgressors, because it is said to the rich: Sit here, and to the poor: Stand there. Thus, lest they think it a contemptible sin to transgress the law in this one matter, he added:

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