James 2:13

For judgment is to be without mercy, upon him who hath not done mercy. Be you exalted by mercy over judgment.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

In Context

12So speak and so act, as those who by the law of liberty are to be judged.

14WHAT is the use, my brethren, if a man say, I have faith, and works he hath not? How can his faith save him?

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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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