James 2:9
but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
American Standard Version
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 whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all.
Cross References
John 8:9And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
John 16:8And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:
Galatians 2:19For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.
1 John 3:4Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
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 →