James 2:9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
King James Version
In Context
10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Cross References
John 8:9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
John 16:8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Galatians 2:19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
1 John 3:4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
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 →