Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
You must talk and act like men who expect to be judged by the law that treats men as free.
New American Standard Bible
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by
King James Version
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Holman Bible
Speak and act as those who will be judged by the law of freedom.
International Standard Version
You must make it your habit to speak and act like people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.
A Conservative Version
So speak ye, and so do ye, as men who are to be judged by a law of liberty.
American Standard Version
So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
Amplified
Speak and act [consistently] as people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty [that moral law that frees obedient Christians from the bondage of sin].
An Understandable Version
So, you should speak and act as people who will be judged by a law that brings freedom.
Anderson New Testament
So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Bible in Basic English
Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
Common New Testament
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
Daniel Mace New Testament
speak and act as those, who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
Darby Translation
So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by the law of liberty;
Godbey New Testament
So you say, and so you do, as about to be condemned by the law of liberty.
John Wesley New Testament
So speak ye and so act, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Julia Smith Translation
So speak ye, and so do, as about to be judged by the law of liberty.
King James 2000
So speak, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus speak and thus act as those who are going to be judged by the law of liberty.
Modern King James verseion
So speak and do as those who shall be judged by the Law of liberty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Moffatt New Testament
Speak, act, as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom;
Montgomery New Testament
So speak and act like men who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
NET Bible
Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.
New Heart English Bible
So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
Noyes New Testament
So speak, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Sawyer New Testament
So speak and so do, as being about to be judged by the law of liberty.
The Emphasized Bible
So, be speaking, and, so, doing, as they who, through means of a law of freedom, are about to be judged;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore, speak and act as men who are to be judged by the 'Law of Freedom.'
Webster
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Weymouth New Testament
Speak and act as those should who are expecting to be judged by the Law of freedom.
Williams New Testament
You must continue talking and acting like people who are to be judged by the law that treats them as free.
World English Bible
So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
Worrell New Testament
So speak, and so do, as those who are about to be judged by a law of liberty.
Worsley New Testament
So speak, and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
Youngs Literal Translation
so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Partiality Forbidden
11 For he who said, "You must not commit adultery," said also, "You must not commit murder." Now if you abstain from adultery, but commit murder, you are still a violator of the Law. 12 You must talk and act like men who expect to be judged by the law that treats men as free. 13 For the merciless will be mercilessly judged; but mercy will triumph over judgment.
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Cross References
James 1:25
But whoever looks at the faultless law that makes men free and keeps looking, so that he does not just listen and forget, but obeys and acts upon it, will be blessed in what he does.
Philippians 4:8
Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly??n everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you have to say or do, do it all as followers of the Lord Jesus, and offer your thanksgiving to God the Father through him.
James 2:8
If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,
2 Peter 1:4-8
Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature.