James 2:2-6

Thomson(i) 2 For if there should come into your assembly a man in splendid dress, having his fingers adorned with gold rings; and there should come in also a poor man in mean apparel; 3 and you should pay respect to the man in the splendid dress, and say to him, sit thou here in an honourable place; and say to the poor man, stand thou there; or, sit here below my footstool: 4 have you not actually made distinctions among yourselves, and become ill principled judges? 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him? 6 But you have treated the poor with disdain. Do not the rich domineer over you? Do they not drag you to tribunals?