James 2:11
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.
KJV
ὁ γὰρ εἰπών, μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, εἶπεν καί, μὴ φονεύσῃς· εἰ δὲ οὐ μοιχεύεις, φονεύεις δέ, γέγονας παραβάτης νόμου.
Greek NT
Qui enim dixit : Non mœchaberis, dixit et : Non occides. Quod si non mœchaberis, occides autem, factus es transgressor legis.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
For he that said: Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also: Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but shalt kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.
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Exod 20:13 · exact_quote"Thou shalt not kill."Exodus: do not murder — James on keeping the whole law
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Exod 20:14 · exact_quote"Thou shalt not commit adultery."Exodus: do not commit adultery — James on keeping the whole law
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- μοιχεύσῃς — SBLGNT
- μοιχεύσῃς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μοιχεύσεις — Robinson-Pierpont
- φονεύσῃς — SBLGNT
- φονεύσῃς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- φονεύσεις — Robinson-Pierpont
- μοιχεύεις φονεύεις — SBLGNT
- μοιχεύεις φονεύεις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μοιχεύσεις φονεύσεις — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2069The Decalogue forms a coherent whole. Each "word" refers to each of the others and to all of them; they reciprocally condition one another. the two tables shed light on one another; they form an organic unity. To transgress one commandment is to infringe all the others.30 One cannot honor another person without blessing God his Creator. One cannot adore God without loving all m…
Cross-references
- Deut 5:17 — Thou shalt not kill.
- Exod 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
- Exod 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
- Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
- Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
- Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
- Matt 5:21 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
- Matt 19:18 — He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
- Ps 51:4 — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
- Ps 130:3 — If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
- Rom 13:9 — For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly compr