James 2:8-13
2:8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, 1 “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” 2 you are doing well.
2:9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. 3
2:10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails 4 in one point has become guilty of all of it. 5
2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” 6 also said, “Do not murder.” 7 Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
2:12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. 8
2:13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over 9 judgment.
1 tn Grk “according to the scripture.”
2 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 tn Or “transgressors.”
4 tn Or “stumbles.”
5 tn Grk “guilty of all.”
6 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14 and Deut 5:18.
7 sn A quotation from Exod 20:13 and Deut 5:17.
8 tn Grk “a law of freedom.”
9 tn Grk “boasts against, exults over,” in victory.