James 2:9
but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin; and ye are convicted by the law, as transgressors of the law.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
10For he that shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one precept, is obnoxious to the whole law.
Cross References
John 8:9And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning with the older; and the woman was left, alone where she had stood in the midst.
John 16:8And when he is come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin?, Far be it. For I had not learned sin, except by means of the law: for I had not known concupiscence, had not the law said, Thou shalt not covet:
Galatians 2:19For I, by the law, have become dead to the law, that I might live to God; and I am crucified with the Messiah.
1 John 3:4And every one that practiseth sin, perpetrateth iniquity; for all sin is iniquity.
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 →