James 2:2-9

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?

6But you have dishonored the poor person. Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

7Don’t they blaspheme the good name by which you were called?

8If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

9But if you show favoritism, you are committing sin and are convicted by the Torah as transgressors.