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,

Read full chapter

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

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.

Read full chapter

For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting[a] dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2:2 Greek your synagogue.

25 not abandoning our meeting together[a], as is the habit of some, but encouraging each other, and by so much more as you see the day drawing near.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:25 Literally “the meeting of ourselves”

25 not giving up meeting together,(A) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(B)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(C)

Read full chapter

25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Read full chapter