3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool;”
4 haven’t you shown partiality amongst yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
6 But you have dishonoured the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Don’t they blaspheme the honourable name by which you are called?
8 However, if you fulfil the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.