James 2
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James 2:3-6

3and you 1pay special attention to the one who is wearing the 2bright clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”

4have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges 3with evil 4motives?

5Listen, 5my beloved brothers and sisters: did 6God not choose the poor 7of this world to be 8rich in faith and 9heirs of the kingdom which He 10promised to those who love Him?

6But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and 11personally 12drag you into 13court?

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Notes

  1. 1. James 2:3 Lit look at ↩
  2. 2. James 2:3 Luke 23:11 ↩
  3. 3. James 2:4 Luke 18:6; John 7:24 ↩
  4. 4. James 2:4 Lit reasonings ↩
  5. 5. James 2:5 James 1:16 ↩
  6. 6. James 2:5 Job 34:19; 1 Cor 1:27f ↩
  7. 7. James 2:5 Lit to the ↩
  8. 8. James 2:5 Luke 12:21; Rev 2:9 ↩
  9. 9. James 2:5 Matt 5:3; 25:34 ↩
  10. 10. James 2:5 James 1:12 ↩
  11. 11. James 2:6 Lit they themselves ↩
  12. 12. James 2:6 Acts 8:3; 16:19 ↩
  13. 13. James 2:6 Lit courts ↩

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