James 2:10

A man who has kept the Law as a whole, but has failed to keep some one command, has become guilty of violating all.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

In Context

9But if you are making distinctions between one man and another, you are guilty of sin, and are convicted by the Law as offenders.

11For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder," and if you are a murderer, although not an adulterer, you have become an offender against the Law.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:18Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.

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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