And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours(A) is in heaven, and there is no favoritism(B) with him.

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25 Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.(A)

Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair,(B) because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism(A)

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11 For God does not show favoritism.(A)

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13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,(A)
    whether male or female,
    when they had a grievance against me,(B)
14 what will I do when God confronts me?(C)
    What will I answer when called to account?(D)
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(E)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(F)

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31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.(A)

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12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,(A) for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.(B)

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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods(A) and Lord of lords,(B) the great God, mighty and awesome,(C) who shows no partiality(D) and accepts no bribes.(E)

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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](A) you are doing right.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18

To the church of God(A) in Corinth,(B) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called(C) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name(D) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

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Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C)

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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(A)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(B)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,(C)
    to the glory of God the Father.

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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect(A) and fear, and with sincerity of heart,(B) just as you would obey Christ.(C) Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,(D) doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,(E)

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22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(A) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(B)

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45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.(A) He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

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51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(A)

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48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

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10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good,(A) and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

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“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.

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“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.

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Hear this, you who trample the needy
    and do away with the poor(A) of the land,(B)

saying,

“When will the New Moon(C) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(D) wheat?”(E)
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(F) with dishonest scales,(G)
buying the poor(H) with silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(I)

The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(J) “I will never forget(K) anything they have done.(L)

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19 Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death;(A) those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled.(B) 20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride,(C) he was deposed from his royal throne(D) and stripped(E) of his glory.(F)

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15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god(A) will be able to rescue(B) you from my hand?”

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