James 2:2
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James 2:2
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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,
James 2:3
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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,"
James 2:4
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have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?
James 2:5
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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?
James 2:6
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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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