James 2:10

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whosoever keepeth the whole law, except in one point, he is guilty of all — Is as liable to condemnation as if he had offended in every point.

¹⁰ For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Related Commentaries of James 2:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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