6. You ill-treat the poor. But isn't it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?
7. Aren't they the ones who make fun of your Lord?
8. You will do well, if you obey the most important law in the Scriptures. It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves.
9. But if you treat some people better than others, you have done wrong, and the Scriptures teach that you have sinned.
10. If you obey every law except one, you are still guilty of breaking them all.
11. The same God who told us to be faithful in marriage also told us not to murder. So even if you are faithful in marriage, but murder someone, you have still broken God's Law.
12. Speak and act like people who will be judged by the law that sets us free.
13. Do this, because on the day of judgment there will be no pity for those who have not had pity on others. But even in judgment, God is merciful!
14. My friends, what good is it to say you have faith, when you don't do anything to show that you really do have faith? Can that kind of faith save you?
15. If you know someone who doesn't have any clothes or food,
16. you shouldn't just say, “I hope all goes well for you. I hope you will be warm and have plenty to eat.” What good is it to say this, unless you do something to help?