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1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
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My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.
2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,
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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 and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine 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,"
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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 have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?
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have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He 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 But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?
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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 Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?
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Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are doing well.
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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.
9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
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For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
11 For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.
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Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
13 For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
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because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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