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James 2:9

SinJusticeThe law

7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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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BSB
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
KJV
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
WEB
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
ASV
but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
DARBY
But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
BLB
But if you⁺ show partiality, you⁺ are working sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
ÅB
men gjør dere forskjell på folk, da gjør dere synd, og loven refser dere som lovbrytere.
OTB
Men hvis dere viser partiskhet, begår dere synd og blir dømt av loven som lovbrytere.
B1930
men gjør I forskjell på folk, da gjør I synd, og loven refser eder som lovbrytere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 19:15

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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  • James 2:1–4

    My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

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  • John 8:9

    And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

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  • 1 John 3:4

    Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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  • Romans 3:20

    Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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  • John 16:8

    And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

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  • John 8:46

    Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

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  • Galatians 2:19

    For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

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