1My brothers and sisters, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
James 2:1 (CSB)
2 For if someone comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and a poor person dressed in filthy clothes also comes in, 3 if you look with favor on the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here in a good place,” and yet you say to the poor person, “Stand over there,” or “Sit here on the floor by my footstool,” 4 haven’t you made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 Yet you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into court?
James 2:2-6 (CSB)
- Favoritism is inconsistent with God’s method of dealing with people.
5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
James 2:5 (CSB)
2 Rich and poor have this in common: the Lord makes them all.
Proverbs 22:2 (CSB)
11 For there is no favoritism with God.
Romans 2:11 (CSB)
- Favoritism is an insult to people.
6 Yet you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into court? 7 Don’t they blaspheme the good name that was invoked over you?
James 2:6-7 (CSB)
8 Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself,, you are doing well. 9 If, however, you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
James 2:8-9 (CSB)
14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself., 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
Galatians 5:14-15 (CSB)
9 If, however, you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all. 11 For he who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder., So if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you are a lawbreaker.
James 2:9-11 (CSB)
13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:13 (CSB)
1“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.
Matthew 7:1-2 (CSB)
15 He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
Luke 12:15 (CSB)
49 John responded, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he does not follow us.” 50 “Don’t stop him,” Jesus told him, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”
Luke 9:49-50 (CSB)