For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
'Aleph (') B C, Vulgate, read Whosoever shall have kept х teereesee (G5083)] the whole law, and yet shall have offended х ptaisee (G4417), stumbled: not so strong as "fall," Romans 11:11] in one (point: the respecting of persons), is (hereby) become guilty of all.' The law is one seamless garment, which is torn if you but tear a part; or a musical harmony, spoiled if there be one discordant note (Tirinus); or a golden chain, whose completeness is broken if you break one link (Gataker). You break the whole law, though not the whole of the law, because you offend against love, the fulfilling of the law. If any part of a man is leprous, the whole man is judged to be a leper. God requires perfect, not partial obedience. We are not to choose parts of the law to keep, which suit our whim, while we neglect others. Any sin brings death: not that all sins are equal as acts but all alike betray a state of natural alienation from God.