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James 2:6

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

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James 2:6 in other translations

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

James 2:6 · American Standard Version

James 2:6 in context

  1. 4haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
  2. 5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
  3. 6But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
  4. 7Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
  5. 8However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.