James 2:9

A Warning against Favoritism

8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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Berean Standard Bible
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
American Standard Version (1901)
but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
Bible in Basic English
But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors.
Free Bible Version
But if you show favoritism, you're sinning. The law convicts you as guilty of breaking it.
Geneva Bible 1599
But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
King James (Authorized) Version
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Plain English Version
But if you are good to some people but hard on other people, you are doing the wrong thing. You are not following that law.
Translation for Translators
But if you honor some people more than others, you are ◄doing wrong/sinning►. And because you do not do what God commanded us to do, he condemns you [PRS] because you disobey his laws.
Unlocked Literal Bible
But if you favor certain people, you are committing sin, and you are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
Noah Webster Bible
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
World English Bible
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
Young's Literal Translation
and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;