James 2:1–11 · BSB
2:1
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
2:2
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
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2:3
If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
2:4
have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
2:7
Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
2:9
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
2:10
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
2:11
For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
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