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The Sin of Partiality
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|Tiago 2:1| My brothers, 1 a show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, b the Lord of glory.
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|Tiago 2:2| For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,
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|Tiago 2:3| and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” c while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,”
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|Tiago 2:4| have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become d judges with evil thoughts?
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|Tiago 2:5| Listen, my beloved brothers, e has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be f rich in faith and heirs of g the kingdom, h which he has promised to those who love him?
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|Tiago 2:6| But you i have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who j drag you k into court?
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|Tiago 2:7| Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable l name by which you were called?
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|Tiago 2:8| If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, m “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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|Tiago 2:9| But if you n show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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|Tiago 2:10| For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point o has become guilty of all of it.
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