Sinai LogoSinai

James 2:11

World English Bible

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.

Read all of James 2Open in the Sinai app

James 2:11 in other translations

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.

James 2:11 · American Standard Version

James 2:11 in context

  1. 9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
  2. 10For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
  3. 11For 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.
  4. 12So speak and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
  5. 13For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.