Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 My brothers, hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ without showing favoritism.
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My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.
2 For suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring, dressed in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in dirty clothes also comes in.
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Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in.
3 If you look with favor on the man wearing the fine clothes so that you say, "Sit here in a good place," and yet you say to the poor man, "Stand over there," or, "Sit here on the floor by my footstool,"
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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,”
4 haven't you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my dear brothers: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?
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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: 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?
6 Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don't the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
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But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
7 Don't they blaspheme the noble name that you bear?
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Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
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