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1 My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.
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1 My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism.
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2 For if someone enters into your assembly in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,
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2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
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3 and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there by my footstool,"
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3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet,"
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4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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5 Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
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5 Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
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6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?
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6 But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
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