James 2

¹My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of persons.

²For if there come into your company a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,

³And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,

⁴Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?

⁵Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?

⁶But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?

⁷Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?

⁸But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.

⁹But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.

¹⁰For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.

¹¹For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.

¹²So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shall be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.