Bible verses about "prejudice" | Wesley

³¹ This is the first commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

³ And I say, through the grace which is given to me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath distributed to every one.

³⁴ Then Peter opening his mouth, said, I perceive of a truth that God is not a respecter of persons:

¹¹ Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision; barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free; but Christ is all, and in all.

³⁴ A new commandment I give you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

⁹ And ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatning, knowing that your master is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

¹ Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ² ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. ³ And why beholdest thou the mote in thy brother's eye, but observest not the beam in thine own eye? ⁴ Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote from thine eye, and behold a beam is in thine own eye? ⁵ Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.

³² And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted; forgiving one another; as God also for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

¹ My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, ² in fine apparel, and there come in also a poor man in dirty raiment, ³ And ye look upon him that weareth the fine apparel, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man, ⁴ Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool, Ye distinguish not in yourselves, but are become evil-reasoning judges. ⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him? ⁶ But ye have disgraced the poor. ⁷ Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to the judgment-seats? Do not they blaspheme that worthy name, by which ye are called? ⁸ If ye fulfil the royal law (according to the Scripture) Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well. ⁹ But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. ¹⁰ For whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is guilty of all. ¹¹ For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. If then thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. ¹² So speak ye and so act, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. ¹³ For judgment without mercy shall be to him that shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth over judgment. ¹⁴ What doth it profit, my brethren, tho' a man say he hath faith, and have not works? ¹⁵ Can that faith save him? If a brother or a sister be naked, ¹⁶ and want daily food, And one of you say to them, Depart in peace; be ye warmed and filled, but give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit? ¹⁷ So likewise faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself. ¹⁸ But one will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works. Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. ¹⁹ Thou believest there is one God: thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble. ²⁰ But art thou willing to know, O empty man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that faith wrought together with his works, and by works was faith made perfect. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God. ²⁴ Ye see then, that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. ²⁵ In like manner Rahab the harlot also was justified by works, having received the messengers and sent them out another way? ²⁶ Therefore as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

¹² One of themselves, a prophet of their own, hath said, The Cretans are always liars, evil wild-beasts, lazy gluttons. ¹³ This witness is true; therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.