James 2:7-8

2:7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? ¹  2:8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, ²  “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” ³  you are doing well.

James 2:12

2:12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. ⁴ 

James 5:6

5:6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you. ⁵ 

[2:7]  ¹ tn Grk “that was invoked over you,” referring to their baptism in which they confessed their faith in Christ and were pronounced to be his own. To have the Lord’s name “named over them” is OT imagery for the Lord’s ownership of his people (cf. 2 Chr 7:14; Amos 9:12; Isa 63:19; Jer 14:9; 15:16; Dan 9:19; Acts 15:17).

[2:8]  ² tn Grk “according to the scripture.”

[2:8]  ³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).

[2:12]  ³ tn Grk “a law of freedom.”

[5:6]  ⁴ tn Literally a series of verbs without connectives, “you have condemned, you have murdered…he does not resist.”