MKJV(i)
1 My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Christ, the Lord of glory, with respecter of faces.
2 For if there comes a gold-fingered man in fancy clothing into your assembly, and if there also comes in a poor man in shabby clothing,
3 and if you have respect to him who has the fancy clothing and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, You stand there, or sit here under my footstool;
4 Did you not make a difference among yourselves and became judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?
6 But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats?
7 Do they not blaspheme that worthy Name by which you are called?
8 If you fulfill the royal Law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
9 But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin and are convicted by the Law as transgressors.