James 2:11

For he that said, Thou shalt do no lechery [or Thou shalt not do lechery], said also, Thou shalt not slay; (so) that if thou doest no lechery, but thou slayest, thou art made [a] trespasser of the law.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And whoever keepeth all the law, but offendeth in one, he is made guilty of all (of it).

12Thus speak ye, and thus do ye, as beginning to be deemed (or to be judged) by the law of freedom.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:13Thou shalt not slay. (Thou shalt not kill.)

Leviticus 4:13That if all the company of the sons of Israel knoweth not (or And if all the congregation of the Israelites knoweth not), and doeth by unknowing that that is against the commandment of the Lord,

Deuteronomy 5:17Thou shalt not slay. (Thou shalt not kill.)

Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said to old men, Thou shalt not slay; and he that slayeth, shall be guilty to the doom. (Ye have heard that it was said to men of old, Thou shalt not kill; and he who killeth, shall be brought to judgement, or Thou shalt not murder; and he who murdereth, shall be brought to the court.)

Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, do thou none adultery, slay not, steal not, say not false witnessing (or do not give false testimony), do no fraud, worship thy father and thy mother (or honour thy father and thy mother).

Romans 13:9For, Thou shalt do no lechery (or Thou shalt not do adultery), Thou shalt not slay, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not say false witnessing (or Thou shalt not give false testimony), Thou shalt not covet the thing of thy neighbour, and if there be any other commandment, it is enstored, or included, [or enclosed], in this word, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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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