Twentieth_Century(i)
1 My Brothers, are you really trying to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with the worship of rank?
2 Suppose a man should enter your Synagogue, with gold rings and in grand clothes, and suppose a poor man should come in also, in shabby clothes,
3 And you are deferential to the man who is wearing grand clothes, and say--"There is a good seat for you here," but to the poor man--"You must stand; or sit down there by my footstool,"
4 Is not that to make distinctions among yourselves, and show yourselves prejudiced judges?
5 Listen, my dear Brothers. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the Kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
6 But you--you insult the poor man! Is not it the rich who oppress you? Is not it they who drag you into law-courts?
7 Is not it they who malign that honorable Name which has been bestowed upon you?