James 2:9
But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye commit synne and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours.
Tyndale New Testament
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
10Whosoever shall kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie in all.
Cross References
John 8:9And assone as they hearde that they went out one by one the eldest fyrst. And Iesus was lefte a lone and the woman stondynge in the myddes.
John 16:8And when he is come he will rebuke the worlde of synne and of rightwesnes and of iudgement.
Romans 7:7What shall we saye then? is the lawe synne? God forbid: but I knewe not what synne meant but by the lawe. For I had not knowne what lust had meant excepte the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust.
Galatians 2:19But I thorow the lawe amen deed to the lawe: that I myght live vnto God.
1 John 3:4Whosover committeth synne committeth vnrighteousnes also for synne is vnrighteousnes.
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 →