James 1:26-2:4

New King James Version

²⁶ If anyone ^[a]among you thinks he is religious, and ^(A)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. ^27 (B)Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: ^(C)to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, ^(D)and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Beware of Personal Favoritism

2 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(E)the Lord of glory, with ^(F)partiality. ² For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in ^[b]fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in ^[c]filthy clothes, ³ and you ^[d]pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,” ⁴ have you not ^[e]shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?