James 2:13
For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.
Cross References
Genesis 42:21And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs.
Judges 5:27He bowed him downe at her feete, he fell downe, and lay still: at her feete hee bowed him downe, and fell: and when he had sunke downe, he lay there dead.
Psalms 18:25With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.
Proverbs 21:13He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
Jeremiah 9:24But let him that glorieth, glorie in this, that he vnderstandeth, and knoweth me: for I am the Lord, which shewe mercie, iudgement, and righteousnes in the earth: for in these things I delite, sayth the Lord.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like vnto thee, that taketh away iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage! He reteineth not his wrath for euer, because mercie pleaseth him.
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 →