James 2:11
For he who said, “ Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if yoʋ do not commit adultery but do commit murder, yoʋ have become a transgressor of the law.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
10For whoever keeps the entire law but stumbles in one point has become guilty of it all.
12Speak and act as people who will be judged by the law of liberty.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘Yoʋ shall not murder,’ and, ‘Whoever murders will be subject to judgment.’
Mark 10:19Yoʋ know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor yoʋr father and mother.’”
Romans 13:9For the commandments, “Yoʋ shall not commit adultery, yoʋ shall not murder, yoʋ shall not steal, yoʋ shall not give false testimony, yoʋ shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.”
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 →