James 2:8-11
Christian Standard Bible
8 Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself,[a](A) you are doing well. 9 If, however, you show favoritism,(B) you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all.(C) 11 For he who said, Do not commit adultery,[b] also said, Do not murder.[c](D) So if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you are a lawbreaker.
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James 2:8-11
Common English Bible
8 You do well when you really fulfill the royal law found in scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself.[a] 9 But when you show favoritism, you are committing a sin, and by that same law you are exposed as a lawbreaker. 10 Anyone who tries to keep all of the Law but fails at one point is guilty of failing to keep all of it. 11 The one who said, Don’t commit adultery, also said, Don’t commit murder.[b] So if you don’t commit adultery but do commit murder, you are a lawbreaker.
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- James 2:8 Lev 19:18
- James 2:11 Exod 20:13, 15 LXX (English: 20:13-14); Deut 5:17–18
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