Howbeit (μεντο). Probably not adversative here, but simply confirmatory, "if now," "if indeed," "if really." Common in Xenophon in…

If ye fulfil the royal law. This refers to the law he immediately mentions, which requires us to love our neighbor as ourselves.

It…

If you fulfill the royal law.—Better paraphrased this way: If, however, you are fulfilling the Law, as you imagine and profess…

James now proceeds to his moral argument in refutation of the practice of showing favoritism (vv.8–11). Here it is not a question of mere incongrui…

Now follows a clearer explanation, for he expressly points out the cause of the last rebuke: they were excessively attentive to the rich, not from …

If you fulfil the royal law
Which is the law of love to men, without distinction of rich and poor, high and low, bon…

Those who profe faith in Christ as the Lord of glory must not show favoritism based on mere outward circumstances and appearances, in a manner inco…