James 2:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gal 3:10 : 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.
  • Deut 27:26 : 26 Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Matt 5:18-19 : 18 ‹For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.› 19 ‹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach› [them], ‹the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.›

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