1. My brothers, within the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, do not choose to show favoritism toward persons.
2. For if a man has entered your assembly having a gold ring and splendid apparel, and if a poor man has also entered, in dirty clothing,
3. and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, "You may sit in this good place," but you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit below my footstool,"
4. are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts?
5. My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?
6. But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you through power? And are not they the ones who drag you to judgment?
7. Are not they the ones who blaspheme the good name which has been invoked over you?
8. So if you perfect the regal law, according to the Scriptures, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," then you do well.
9. But if you show favoritism to persons, then you commit a sin, having been convicted again by the law as transgressors.