So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Summing up the previous reasonings.
Speak - referring back to James 1:19; James 1:26: the fuller discussion is given, James 3:1-18.
Judged by the law of liberty (James 1:26) - i:e., the Gospel law of love; not a law of external constraint, but of free instinctive inclination. The law of liberty frees us from the curse of the law, that henceforth we should be free to love and obey willingly (Romans 8:2-4). If we will not in turn practice love to our neighbour, that law of grace condemns us more heavily than the old law, which spake nothing but wrath to him who offended in the least (James 2:13). Compare Matthew 18:32-35; John 12:48; Revelation 6:16, "wrath of the (merciful) Lamb."