MLV(i)
1 My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, in favoritism.
2 For if a man comes into your congregation with a gold ring, in bright apparel and if a poor person in filthy apparel also comes in,
3 you may have looked upon the one who is wearing the bright apparel and may have said to him, Sit here; good; and you may have said to the poor person, Stand there or sit here under my footstool.
4 And did you not discern among yourselves and then became judges from evil reasonings?
5 Listen, my beloved brethren. Did God not choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Are the rich not oppressing you? And are they themselves not dragging you into the courts? 7 Are they not blaspheming the good name, the one which was surnamed upon you?
5 Listen, my beloved brethren. Did God not choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Are the rich not oppressing you? And are they themselves not dragging you into the courts? 7 Are they not blaspheming the good name, the one which was surnamed upon you?