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But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,[a]You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”[b] you are doing well. But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.[c] 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails[d] in one point has become guilty of all of it.[e] 11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,”[f] also said, “Do not murder.”[g] Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:8 tn Grk “according to the scripture.”
  2. James 2:8 sn A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).
  3. James 2:9 tn Or “transgressors.”
  4. James 2:10 tn Or “stumbles.”
  5. James 2:10 tn Grk “guilty of all.”
  6. James 2:11 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.
  7. James 2:11 sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.

However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”Leviticus 19:18 you do well. But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,”Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18 also said, “Do not commit murder.”Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17 Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

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