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^(a)My brethren, ^(b)do not hold your faith in our ^(c)glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of ^(d)personal favoritism.

For if a man comes into your ^[a]assembly with a gold ring and dressed in ^[b](e)fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in ^(f)dirty clothes,

and you ^[c]pay special attention to the one who is wearing the ^(g)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,"

have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges ^(h)with evil ^[d]motives?

Listen, ⁽ⁱ⁾my beloved brethren: did not ^(j)God choose the poor ^[e]of this world to be ^(k)rich in faith and ^(l)heirs of the kingdom which He ^(m)promised to those who love Him?

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and ^[f]personally ⁽ⁿ⁾drag you into ^[g]court?

^(o)Do they not blaspheme the fair name ^[h]by which you have been called?

If, however, you ^(p)are fulfilling the ^[i]royal law according to the Scripture, "^(q) You shall love your neighbor as yourself ," you are doing well.