James 2:10

10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

James 2:10 in Other Translations

KJV
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
ESV
10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.
NLT
10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws.
MSG
10 You can't pick and choose in these things, specializing in keeping one or two things in God's law and ignoring others.
CSB
10 For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of [breaking it] all.

James 2:10 In-Context

8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,

Cross References 2

  • 1. James 3:2
  • 2. Matthew 5:19; Galatians 3:10; Galatians 5:3
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