James 2
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James 2:2-5

2For if a man with a gold ring and fine clothes comes into your synagogue, and a poor person in filthy clothes also comes in;

3and you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, “Sit here in a good place”; and you say to the poor person, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”;

4haven’t you made distinctions between yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom that He promised to those who love Him?

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