James 2:9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
In Context
10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Cross References
John 8:9And they hearing it, and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
John 16:8And when he is come, he will convict the world, in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment;
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! But I had not known sin, except through law; for I had not known coveting, if the law had not said: Thou shalt not covet.
Galatians 2:19For I through law died to law, that I might live to God.
1 John 3:4Every one that commits sin also commits transgression of law; and sin is transgression of law.
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 →