James 2:9
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
KJV
εἰ δὲ προσωπολημπτεῖτε, ἁμαρτίαν ἐργάζεσθε, ἐλεγχόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ὡς παραβάται.
Greek NT
si autem personas accipitis, peccatum operamini, redarguti a lege quasi transgressores.
Vulgate
but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
ASV
But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
παραβάτης
parabates
noun · 5×
προσωποληπτέω
prosopolepteo
verb · 1×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐλέγχω
elegcho
verb · 19×
ἐργάζομαι
ergazomai
verb · 41×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
We cannot truly call on God, the Father of all, if we refuse to treat in a brotherly way any man, created as he is in the image of God. Man's relation to God the Father and his relation to men his brothers are so linked together that Scripture says: "He who does not love does not know God." No foundation therefore remains for any theory or practice that leads to discrimination …
Cross-references
- 1John 3:4 — Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
- Acts 10:34 — Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
- Deut 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you
- Gal 3:10 — For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
- Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
- Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
- Job 13:10 — He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
- John 7:24 — Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
- John 8:9 — And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
- Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- Mal 4:4 — Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
- Phil 3:9 — And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
- 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.
- Rom 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.