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James 2:10 — King James Version← Study notes

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


James 2:10Greek Interlinear

Greek · James 2:1013 words
GreekMeaning
ὅστιςhostis
Whoeverrelative pronounG3748
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ὅλονholon
alladjectiveG3650
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
νόμονnomon
lawnounG3551
τηρήσῃtērēsē
hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-verbG5083
πταίσῃptaisē
fall, offend, stumbleverbG4417
δὲde
butwordG1161
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἑνίheni
into / toadjectiveG1519
γέγονενgegonen
he has becomeverbG1096
πάντωνpantōn
of alladjectiveG3956
ἔνοχοςenochos
guiltyadjectiveG1777
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on James 2:10

If these things be so, how shall a man who shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, be guilty of all? May it not be, that since the fulfilling of the law is that love wherewith we love God and our neighbour, on which commandments of love hang all the law and the prophets, Matthew 22:40 he is justly held to be guilty of all who violates that on which all hang? Now, no one sins without violating this love; for this, you shall not commit adultery; you shall do no…

Augustine · 4th century · Letter 167 (to Jerome), 16
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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