But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and thus[a] are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one point only has become guilty of all of it. 11 For the one who said “Do not commit adultery”[b] also said “Do not murder.”[c] Now if you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:9 Here “and thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are convicted”) which is understood as result
  2. James 2:11 A quotation from Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18
  3. James 2:11 A quotation from Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17

But if you show favoritism,(A) you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.(B) 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles(C) at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.(D) 11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,”[a](E) also said, “You shall not murder.”[b](F) If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deut. 5:18
  2. James 2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deut. 5:17