James 2:2-9 For if a man might come into your assembly in splendid apparel with gold rings, and a poor man in shabby apparel also might come in,

BLB⁽ⁱ⁾ ² For if a man might come into your assembly in splendid apparel with gold rings, and a poor man in shabby apparel also might come in, ³ and you should look upon the one wearing the splendid apparel and should say, “You sit here honorably,” and to the poor should say, “You stand,” or, “Sit there under my footstool,” ⁴ then have you not made a distinction among yourselves and have become judges with evil thoughts? ⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He promised to those loving Him? ⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich oppressing you and they dragging you into court? ⁷ Are they not blaspheming the good Name having been called upon you? ⁸ If indeed you keep the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. ⁹ But if you show partiality, you are committing sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.