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Speak no evil against you brother. He who does that acts as a judge above God's law. Submit to God's law of love because God is the only lawgiver who is able to save and destroy.
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James 4:11-12
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Speak not evil one of another, brethren.
Brothers, do not speak evil of one another.
He that speaketh evil of his brother,
Realize that when someone speaks evil of his brother,
and judgeth his brother,
which is judging him,
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speaketh evil of the law,
speaks, as a consequence, evil of God's law
and judgeth the law:
which is judging His law.
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but if thou judge the law,
Furthermore , if you judge God's law,
thou art not a doer of the law,
then you don't submit to His law,
but a judge.
but act as a judge over God's law.
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There is one lawgiver,
Since there is only one lawgiver
who is able to save and to destroy:
who [God] is able to save and to destroy,
who art thou that judgest another?
therefore submit to God's law [of love] and judge not another in speaking evil against him.
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James 2:8
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8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, i “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
James 2:12
12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under m the law of liberty.
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