Tiago 2:11

11 Pois aquele que disse: “Não adulterarás”.^[a] também disse: “Não matarás”^[b] Se você não comete adultério mas comete assassinato, torna-se transgressor da Lei.

Tiago 2:11 Meaning and Commentary

James 2:11

For he that said, Do not commit adultery
That same lawgiver, who is but one, and is God, that gave out the seventh command, and forbids adultery,

said also, Do not kill;
delivered the sixth command, which forbids murder.

Now if thou commit no adultery;
do not break the seventh command;

yet if thou kill,
break the sixth command,

thou art become a transgressor of the law;
not of that particular precept of the law, the seventh command, for the contrary is supposed before, but of the sixth only; and yet by so doing, a man becomes a violator of the whole law; for the law is but one, though it consists of various precepts; and the breach of one precept, as well as of another, is the breach of the law: and besides, there is but one lawgiver, who has enjoined one command, as well as another, and whose legislative power and authority is despised and trampled upon by the violation of one command, as of another. This is the apostle's argument, and way of reasoning, proving the above assertion, that he that breaks the law in one particular instance, is guilty of the breach of the whole law.

Tiago 2:11 In-Context

9 Mas, se tratarem os outros com parcialidade, estarão cometendo pecado e serão condenados pela Lei como transgressores.

10 Pois quem obedece a toda a Lei, mas tropeça em apenas um ponto, torna-se culpado de quebrá-la inteiramente.

11 Pois aquele que disse: “Não adulterarás”. também disse: “Não matarás” Se você não comete adultério mas comete assassinato, torna-se transgressor da Lei.

12 Falem e ajam como quem vai ser julgado pela lei da liberdade;

13 porque será exercido juízo sem misericórdia sobre quem não foi misericordioso. A misericórdia triunfa sobre o juízo!

Footnotes

• [a]. Êx 20.14; Dt 5.18
• [b]. Êx 20.13; Dt 5.17