“You must be fair in judgment. You must not show special favor to poor people. And you must not show special favor to important people. You must be fair when you judge your neighbor.
James 2:9 - Easy To Read Version But if you are treating one person like he is more important than another person, then you are sinning. That royal law proves that you are guilty of breaking God’s law. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if you show servile regard (prejudice, favoritism) for people, you commit sin and are rebuked and convicted by the Law as violators and offenders. American Standard Version (1901) but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. Common English Bible But when you show favoritism, you are committing a sin, and by that same law you are exposed as a lawbreaker. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you show favoritism to persons, then you commit a sin, having been convicted again by the law as transgressors. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors. |
“You must be fair in judgment. You must not show special favor to poor people. And you must not show special favor to important people. You must be fair when you judge your neighbor.
When the Helper comes, he will prove to the people of the world the truth about these things: about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment.
Can any of you prove that I am guilty of sin? If I tell the truth, then why don’t you believe me?
The people that heard Jesus began to leave one by one. The older men left first, and then the others. Jesus was left there alone with the woman. She was standing before him.
Peter began to speak: “I really understand now that to God every person is the same.
Why? Because no person can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.
But suppose you are all prophesying {\cf2\super [101]} and a person comes in that does not believe or a person without understanding comes in. If you are all prophesying, then that person’s sin will be shown to him, and he will be judged by all the things you say.
I stopped living for the law. It was the law that killed me. I died to the law so that I can now live for God. I (my old life) was killed on the cross with Christ.
When you judge, you must not think that one person is more important than another person. You must judge every person the same. Don’t be afraid of anyone, because your decision is from God. But if there is a case too hard for you to judge, then bring it to me and I will judge it.’
When a person sins, he breaks \{God’s\} law. Yes, sinning is the same as living against \{God’s\} law.