en_tn/jas/02/08.md

## translationWords

* [[en:tw:lawofmoses]]
* [[en:tw:neighbor]]
* [[en:tw:sin]]
* [[en:tw:wordofgod]]

## translationNotes

* **if you fulfill** - The word “you” refers to the Jewish Believers. (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_you]])
* **fulfill the royal law ** - God originally gave laws to Moses, recorded in the books of the Old Testament.  AT: "obey God's law" or "obey the law of our great king."
* **You shall love your neighbor as yourself** - (See: Leviticus [[en:bible:notes:lev:19:17]])
* **your neighbor ** - "all people" or "everyone"
* **you do well** - "you are doing well" or "you are doing what is right"
* **if you favor** - "give special treatment to" or "give honor to"
* **committing sin** - That is, breaking the Law. AT: "sinning."
* **convicted by the law as lawbreakers** - Here the law has the attributes of a human judge. AT: "and guilty of breaking God's law". (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification]])