Warning Against Partiality

2 My brothers, practice your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, without showing partiality. 2 Suppose a man in fine clothing comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in. 3 If you pay attention to the man who is wearing fine clothing and say [fn]to him, “Yoʋ sit here in a good place,” but you say to the poor man, “Yoʋ [fn]stand there, or sit here under my footstool,” 4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor [fn]of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Are they not the ones who drag you into court? 7 Do they not blaspheme the good name by which you are called? 8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself,” you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the entire law but stumbles in one point has become guilty of it all. 11 For he who said, “[fn]Yoʋ shall not commit adultery,” also said, “[fn]Yoʋ shall not murder.” Now if yoʋ do not commit adultery but do commit murder, yoʋ have become a transgressor of the law. 12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to anyone who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.