James 2:9-11
International Children’s Bible
9 But if you are treating one person as if he were more important than another, then you are sinning. That royal law proves that you are guilty of breaking God’s law. 10 A person might follow all of God’s law. But if he fails to obey even one command, he is guilty of breaking all the commands in that law. 11 God said, “You must not be guilty of adultery.”[a] The same God also said, “You must not murder anyone.”[b] So if you do not take part in adultery, but you murder someone, then you are guilty of breaking all of God’s law.
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- 2:11 “You . . . adultery.” Quotation from Exodus 20:14 and Deuteronomy 5:18.
- 2:11 “You . . . anyone.” Quotation from Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17.
James 2:9-11
King James Version
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.
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