James 2:10

A Warning against Favoritism

9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

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Berean Standard Bible
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
American Standard Version (1901)
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.
Bible in Basic English
For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is become guilty of all.
Free Bible Version
Someone who observes everything in the law but fails in just one part is guilty of breaking it all.
Geneva Bible 1599
For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.
King James (Authorized) Version
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Plain English Version
Now think about God’s laws. If you don’t follow all of God’s laws, you are guilty. Suppose one man does everything in those laws except that he breaks one law, that man is guilty. Suppose another man breaks all those laws, he is guilty too. They are both guilty.
Translation for Translators
Do not forget that those who disobey only one of God’s laws, even if they obey all his other laws, God considers them to be as guilty as anyone who has disobeyed all of God’s laws.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For whoever obeys the whole law, except that he stumbles in just a single way, has become guilty of breaking the whole law.
Noah Webster Bible
For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point , he is guilty of all.
World English Bible
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
Young's Literal Translation
for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one [point], he hath become guilty of all;