James 2:12

speak. App-121.

shall. are about to.

judged. App-122.

by. App-104.James 2:1.

liberty. Compare James 1:25.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹² So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

Related Commentaries of James 2:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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