James 2:9
But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
John 8:9And, they who heard, began to go out, one by one, beginning from the elders,—and he was left, alone; the woman also, being, in the midst.
John 16:8And, having come, He, will reprove the world—Concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment:
Romans 7:7What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying—Thou shall not covet;
Galatians 2:19For, I, through means of law, unto law, died, that, unto God, I might live:—
1 John 3:4Whosoever is committing sin, lawlessness also, is committing, and, sin, is, lawlessness;
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 →