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James 2:11

American Standard Version

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

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James 2:11 in other translations

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

James 2:11 · World English Bible

James 2:11 in context

  1. 9but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
  2. 10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.
  3. 11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
  4. 12So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.
  5. 13For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.