But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Ver. 9. Ye commit sin] That is flat; though ye have thought otherwise. See Trapp on " Jam 2:4 "
And are convinced of the law as transgressors] This they held either no sin or a small one, a peccadillo. The Civilian indeed saith, De minutis non curat lex, the law makes no matter of small matters. But God's law condemneth small faults: as the sunshine showeth us atoms, moths.