Rotherham(i)
1 My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory.
2 For, if there enter into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings in gay clothing, and there enter a destitute man also, in soiled clothing,––
3 And ye eye him that hath on the gay clothing, and say, Thou, be sitting here, pleasantly,––and, unto the destitute man, say––Thou, stand, or sit there under my footstool,
4 Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?
5 Hearken! my brethren beloved:––Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
6 Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?
7 Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
8 If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture––Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing; 9 But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!
8 If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture––Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing; 9 But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!