"But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors." — James 2:9

James 2:9 · KJV

“But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.”

— James 2:9

Verse 8

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

Verse 10

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one {point}, he is guilty of all.

James 2 — Context

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? {blaspheme: or, revile, or, slander}

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.

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one {point}, he is guilty of all.

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. {he that: or, that law which}

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.

James 2:1-4

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

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.

John 16:8

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

John 8:46

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

1 John 3:4

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

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.

1 Corinthians 14:24

But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or {one} unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: