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Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor[a] in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?(A) But you dishonored the poor person. Are not the rich oppressing you? And do they themselves not haul you off to court? Is it not they who blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 The poor, “God’s poor” of the Old Testament, were seen by Jesus as particularly open to God for belief in and reliance on him alone (Lk 6:20). God’s law cannot tolerate their oppression in any way (Jas 2:9).