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Soοὕτωςspeakλαλεῖτεandκαὶsoοὕτωςactποιεῖτεasὡςthose who are aboutμέλλοντεςto be judgedκρίνεσθαιbyδιὰthe lawνόμουof freedom.ἐλευθερίας
James 2:12
Study it in the app“So speak and so act as those who are about to be judged by the law of freedom.”
Mercy triumphs over judgmentJustice and mercy
With the Greek beneath
James 2:12, word by word
- speakλαλεῖτεlaleite
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “laleite” appears- actποιεῖτεpoieite
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poieite” appears- those who are aboutμέλλοντεςmellontes
be about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellontes” appears- to be judgedκρίνεσθαιkrinesthai
judge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinesthai” appears- the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears- of freedomἐλευθερίαςeleutherias
freedom
Freedom: not being subject as a slave.
Where else “eleutherias” appears
The context
11For the one who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. And if you do not commit adultery but you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
12 · This verse (above)
13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
To study James 2 in a group
1. What it says
What situation does James describe with the man in the gold ring and the poor man, and what does he say about it (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
James says faith without works is dead (v. 14-17). What example does he use, and what is he trying to show?
3. How I live it
Whom could you treat today with the same attention you would give to someone important?