But if you (A)show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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But if you show favoritism,(A) you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.(B)

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15 (A)“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

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15 “‘Do not pervert justice;(A) do not show partiality(B) to the poor or favoritism to the great,(C) but judge your neighbor fairly.(D)

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But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

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At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.

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The Sin of Partiality

My brothers,[a] (A)show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, (B)the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” (C)while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become (D)judges with evil thoughts?

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 14

Favoritism Forbidden

My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious(A) Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.(B) Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges(C) with evil thoughts?

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Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; (A)sin is lawlessness.

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Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(A)

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20 For (A)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (B)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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  1. Romans 3:20 Greek flesh

20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(A) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(B)

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(A)And when he comes, he will (B)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

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When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:

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46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

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46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

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15 (A)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have (B)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all (C)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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15 to judge(A) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[a](B)

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  1. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)

19 For through the law I (A)died to the law, so that I might (B)live to God.

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19 “For through the law I died to the law(A) so that I might live for God.(B)

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24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,

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24 But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all,

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The Law and Sin

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (A)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (B)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” But sin, (C)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (D)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment (E)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (F)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (G)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (H)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

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The Law and Sin

What shall we say, then?(A) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(B) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(C) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[a](D) But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(E) produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.(F) Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(G) actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(H) deceived me,(I) and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.(J)

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(K) to bring about my death,(L) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21