Partiality Forbidden

My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality. For if someone[a] enters into your assembly[b] in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:2 Literally “a man,” but clearly in a generic sense here meaning “someone, a person”
  2. James 2:2 Literally “synagogue,” but here probably referring to a Christian assembly

Love All People

My dear brothers, you are believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. So never think that some people are more important than others. Suppose someone comes into your church meeting wearing very nice clothes and a gold ring. At the same time a poor man comes in wearing old, dirty clothes.

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