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YAC 2:1–2:13 ©

A Warning against Favoritism

A Warning against Favoritism

2My brothers, as you hold out [your] faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, {do} not [show] favoritism.

2Suppose a man comes into your meeting[fn] [wearing] a gold ring [and] fine clothes, and a poor [man] in shabby clothes also comes in. 3[If] you lavish attention on the [man] in fine clothes and say, Here [is] a seat of honor,” [but] say to the poor [man], “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,” 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges [with] evil thoughts?

5Listen, my beloved brothers: {Has} not God chosen the poor of this world [to be] rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him? 6But you have dishonored the poor. [Is it] not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? 7{Are} they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?[fn]

8If you really fulfill [the] royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[fn] you are doing well. 9But if you show favoritism, you sin [and] are convicted by the law as transgressors.

10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one [point] is guilty of [breaking] all of it. 11For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,”[fn] also said, Do not murder.”[fn] If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by [the] law that gives freedom. 13For judgment without mercy [ will be shown to ] anyone who has not been merciful Mercy triumphs over judgment.


2:2 Greek your synagogue

2:7 Or the noble name invoked upon you or the noble name of Him to whom you belong

2:8 Leviticus 19:18

2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18

2:11 Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17

YAC 2:1–2:13 ©

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