James 2:8-10

Context
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 fails⁴ in one point has become guilty of all of it.⁵

[2:8] ¹tn Grk “according to the scripture.”

[2:8] ²sn 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).

[2:9] ³tn Or “transgressors.”

[2:10] ⁴tn Or “stumbles.”

[2:10] ⁵tn Grk “guilty of all.”