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James 2:11

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For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

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  1. James 2:9

    But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

  2. James 2:10

    For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

  3. James 2:12

    So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

  4. James 2:13

    For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.