James 2:10

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one, is an offender against all.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

In Context

9But if you show partiality for persons, you work sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, though you do not commit adultery, yet, if you kill, you are a transgresssor of law.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:18For verily I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one yod or one point shall in no way pass from the law till all be fulfilled.

Matthew Henry on James 2:9-14

The Christian Law. ( a. d. 61.) 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so… Read the whole commentary →

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