‏ James 2:12

 So speak ye, and so do ( ουτως λαλειτε κα ουτως ποιειτε ). Present active imperatives as a habit. For the combination see 1:19-21 contrasted with 1:22-25, and 1:26 with 1:27.

 By a law of liberty ( δια νομου ελευθεριας ). The law pictured in 1:25, but law, after all, not individual caprice of "personal liberty." See Ro 2:12 for this same use of  δια with  κρινω in the sense of accompaniment as in Ro 2:27; 4:11; 14:20. "Under the law of liberty."

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