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  • James 2:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 For the one who said, “You must not commit adultery,”+ also said, “You must not murder.”+ If, now, you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of law.

  • James 2:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 11 ὁ The (one) γὰρ for εἰπών having said Μὴ Not μοιχεύσῃς you should commit adultery εἶπεν he said καί also Μὴ Not φονεύσῃς· you should murder; εἰ if δὲ but οὐ not μοιχεύεις you are committing adultery φονεύεις you are murdering δέ, but, γέγονας you have become παραβάτης transgressor νόμου. of law.

  • James 2:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 11 For he who said: “You must not commit adultery,”+ said also: “You must not murder.”+ If, now, you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of law.

  • James 2:11
    The Bible in Living English
    • 11 For he who said “Do not commit adultery” said also “Do not murder”; and if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder you have become a violator of the law.

  • James 2:11
    American Standard Version
    • 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

  • James 2:11
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 11 For he that hath said—Do not commit adultery Hath also said—Do not commit murder,—Now if thou dost not commit adultery But dost commit murder Thou hast become a transgressor of law.

  • James 2:11
    King James Version
    • 11 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.

  • James
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 2:11 w97 11/15 14

  • James
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:11 cj 72-73

  • James
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:11

      The Watchtower,

      11/15/1997, p. 14

  • James Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:11

      you have become a transgressor of law: In this verse, James uses a vivid example to illustrate his point that the Mosaic Law was all one, a single body of sacred law. Surely none of James’ readers would argue that a man who committed murder could excuse himself by saying that he had never committed adultery. In fact, by breaking one of the Law’s commands, he made himself “an offender against all of it.” (Jas 2:10; compare Ga 3:10, 12.) Similarly, a Christian who showed partiality was a transgressor against “the royal law,” a basic feature of “the law of the Christ.”​—Jas 2:8; Ga 6:2; Ac 10:34; Ro 2:11.

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