James 2:12

οὕτως λαλεῖτε καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖτε : When one thinks of the teaching of our Lord in such passages as Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:28, where sinful feelings and thoughts are reckoned as equally wicked with sinful words and acts, it is a little difficult to get away from the impression that in the verse before us the teaching is somewhat inadequate from the Christian, though not from the Jewish, point of view. διὰ νόμου ἐλευθερίας : See above James 1:22; James 1:25, and cf. John 7:32-36. μέλλοντες κρίνεσθαι : cf. James 2:7-8, and especially James 2:9, ἰδοὺ ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν ἕστηκεν.