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But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,[a]You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”[b] you are doing well. But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.[c] 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails[d] in one point has become guilty of all of it.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:8 tn Grk “according to the scripture.”
  2. James 2:8 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. James 2:9 tn Or “transgressors.”
  4. James 2:10 tn Or “stumbles.”
  5. James 2:10 tn Grk “guilty of all.”