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^(C1)My brothers and sisters, ^(C2)do not hold your faith in our ^(C3)glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of ^(C4)personal favoritism.

For if a man comes into your ^(F1)assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in ^(C1)bright clothes, and a poor man in ^(C2)dirty clothes also comes in,

and you ^(F1)pay special attention to the one who is wearing the ^(C1)bright 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,"

have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges ^(C1)with evil ^(F1)motives?

Listen, ^(C1)my beloved brothers and sisters: did ^(C2)God not choose the poor ^(F1)of this world to be ^(C3)rich in faith and ^(C4)heirs of the kingdom which He ^(C5)promised to those who love Him?

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and ^(F1)personally ^(C1)drag you into ^(F2)court?

^(C1)Do they not blaspheme the good name ^(F1)by which you have been called?

If, however, you ^(C1)are fulfilling the ^(F1)royal law according to the Scripture, "^(C2)YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are doing well.

But if you ^(C1)show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the Law as violators.