James 2:4

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

James 2:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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KJV

King James Version

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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WEB

World English Bible

haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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ASV

American Standard Version

do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

then did you⁺ not make a distinction among yourselves and become judges [with] evil reasonings?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

James 2

² Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.

³ If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”

⁴ have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

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