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James 2:2-9

2ForiftherecomeεἰσέλθῃeiselthēG1525intoyoursynagogueG4864amanἀνὴρanērG435withagoldring,infineclothing,andtherecomeεἰσέλθῃeiselthēG1525inalsoκαὶkaiG2532apoorπτωχὸςptōchosG4434manG435invileclothing;

3andyehaveregardtohimthatweareththefineclothing,andsayG3004,SitκάθουkathouG2521thouhereὧδεhōdeG5602inagoodG2573place;andyesayG3004tothepoorπτωχῷptōchōG4434manG4434,StandστῆθιstēthiG2476thouthere,orsitκάθουkathouG2521undermyfootstoolὑποπόδιόνhupopodionG5286;

4doyenotmakedistinctionsamongyourselves,andbecomeἐγένεσθεegenestheG1096judgesG2923withevilπονηρῶν;¶ponērōnG4190thoughtsδιαλογισμῶνdialogismōnG1261?

5Hearken,mybelovedἀγαπητοί,agapētoiG27brethren;didnotGodθεὸςtheosG2316choosethemthatarepoorπτωχοὺςptōchousG4434astotheworldκόσμῳkosmōG2889toberichπλουσίουςplousiousG4145infaithπίστειpisteiG4102,andheirsκληρονόμουςklēronomousG2818ofthekingdomβασιλείαςbasileiasG932whichhepromisedG1861tothemthatloveG25him?

6ButyehavedishonoredἠτιμάσατεētimasateG818thepoorπτωχόν.ptōchonG4434manG4145.DonottherichπλούσιοιplousioiG4145oppressyou,andthemselvesdragyoubeforethejudgment-seats?

7DonottheyblasphemeG987thehonorablenameὄνομαonomaG3686bywhichyearecalledἐπικληθὲνepiklēthenG1941?

8Howbeitifye fulfiltheroyalβασιλικὸνbasilikonG937lawνόμονnomonG3551,accordingκατὰkataG2596tothescriptureγραφήν·graphēnG1124, Thou shaltloveἀγαπήσειςagapēseisG25thyneighborasthyself, yedowellκαλῶςkalōsG2573:

9butifyehaverespectofpersons, ye commitsinἁμαρτίανhamartianG266, beingconvictedἐλεγχόμενοιelegchomenoiG1651bythelawνόμουnomouG3551astransgressorsG3848.

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