Etheridge(i)
1 My brethren, do not hold with acceptance of faces the faith of the glory of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
2 For if there come into your congregation a man who hath rings of gold or beautiful vestments, and there come in a poor man in sordid vestments,
3 and you look upon him who clothed in beautiful vestments, and say to him, Sit is here well; and you say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here before the stool of our feet;
4 behold, are you not divided in yourselves, and become separaters for evil reasons?
5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Hath not Aloha chosen the poor of the world, but rich in faith, to be heirs in that kingdom which Aloha hath promised to them who love him?
6 But you have despised the poor. Behold, are not the rich uprisen against you? and do they not drag you to the house of judgment?
7 Do they not blaspheme against that Good Name which is pronounced upon you?
8 And if the law of Aloha in this you accomplish, as it is written, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, you do well;
9 but if you accept persons, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors against the law.
10 For he who keepeth the whole law, and in one offendeth, of the whole LAW he is guilty.
11 For he who hath said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, is he who hath said, Thou shalt not steal; but if thou do not commit adultery, yet steal, thou hast become a transgressor against the LAW.
12 So speak and so act, as those who by the law of liberty are to be judged.
13 For judgment is to be without mercy, upon him who hath not done mercy. Be you exalted by mercy over judgment.