James 2:2-5

CLV(i) 2 For if there should be entering into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in splendid attire, yet there should be entering a poor man also, in filthy attire, 3 and you should be looking on the one wearing the splendid attire and be saying, "You sit ideally here,and to the poor one be saying, "You stand there,or, "Sit here under my footstool, 4 were you not discriminating among yourselves, and did you not become judges with wicked reasonings? 5 Hear, my beloved brethren! Does not God choose the poor in the world, rich in faith and enjoyers of the allotment of the kingdom which He promises to those who are loving Him?