Reject Partiality

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The mercy of God has triumphed over our judgement, therefore, we ought to demonstrate that same mercy in how we relate to others in Christ.

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James 2:1-13

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My brothers, 1 w show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, x the Lord of glory.

For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly,

and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,

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and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,”

y while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,”

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have you not then made distinctions among yourselves

and become z judges with evil thoughts?

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Listen, my beloved brothers, a has not God chosen those who are poor in the world

to be b rich in faith and heirs of c the kingdom, d which he has promised to those who love him?

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But you e have dishonored the poor man.

Are not the rich the ones who oppress you,

and the ones who f drag you g into court?

Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable h name by which you were called?

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If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,

i “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”

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you are doing well.

But if you j show partiality,

you are committing sin

and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point k has become accountable for all of it.

For he who said, l “Do not commit adultery,” also said, l “Do not murder.”

If you do not commit adultery but do murder,

you have become a transgressor of the law.

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So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under m the law of liberty.

For n judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy.

Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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