James 2:9-11

The Voice

⁹ But if you show favoritism—paying attention to those who can help you in some way, while ignoring those who seem to need all the help—you’ll be sinning and condemned by the law. ¹⁰ For if a person could keep all of the laws and yet break just one; it would be like breaking them all. ¹¹ The same God who said, “Do not commit adultery,”^[a] also says, “Do not murder.”^[b] If you break either of these commands, you’re a lawbreaker, no matter how you look at it.