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James 2:6

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But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

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James 2:6 in other translations

But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

James 2:6 · World English Bible

James 2:6 in context

  1. 4do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
  2. 5Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
  3. 6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
  4. 7Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?
  5. 8Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: