James 2:2-9 If there come into your company a man with a golden ring, and in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ² If there come into your company a man with a golden ring, and in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment, ³ and ye have a respect to him that weareth the gay clothing and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place," and say unto the poor, "stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool" - ⁴ are ye not even partial in your selves, and have judged after evil thoughts? ⁵ Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him? ⁶ But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges? ⁷ Do not they speak evil of that good name after which ye be named? ⁸ If ye fulfil the royal law — according to the scripture which saith, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself" — ye do well. ⁹ But if ye regard one person more than another, ye commit sin, and are rebuked of the law as transgressors.