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He that said (ho eipōn) - said also (eipen kai). The unity of the law lies in the Lawgiver who spoke both prohibitions (mē and the aorist active subjunctive in each one, moicheusēis, phoneusēis). The order here is that of B in Exod 20 (Luk 18:20; Rom 13:9), but not in Mat 5:21, Mat 5:27 (with ou and future indicative).
Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest (ei de ou moicheueis, phoneueis de). Condition of first class with ou (not mē) because of the contrast with de, whereas ei mē would mean “unless,” a different idea. So ou in Jam 1:23.
A transgressor of the law (parabatēs nomou) as in Jam 2:9. Murder springs out of anger (Mat 5:21-26). People free from fleshly sins have often “made their condemnation of fleshly sins an excuse for indulgence towards spiritual sins” (Hort).