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# you fulfill
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The word "you" refers to the Jewish believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# fulfill the royal law
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"obey God's law." God originally gave laws to Moses, recorded in the books of the Old Testament.
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# You shall love your neighbor as yourself
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James is quoting from the book of Leviticus.
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# your neighbor
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"all people" or "everyone"
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# you do well
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"you are doing well" or "you are doing what is right"
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# if you favor
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"give special treatment to" or "give honor to"
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# committing sin
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"sinning." That is, breaking the law.
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# convicted by the law as lawbreakers
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Here the law is spoken of as if it were a human judge. AT: "guilty of breaking God's law" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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