And now let the fear of Jehovah be on you. Be careful and act wisely, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
James 2:1 - Modern King James Version My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Christ, the Lord of glory, with respecter of faces. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MY BRETHREN, pay no servile regard to people [show no prejudice, no partiality]. Do not [attempt to] hold and practice the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ [the Lord] of glory [together with snobbery]! American Standard Version (1901) My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. Common English Bible My brothers and sisters, when you show favoritism you deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has been resurrected in glory. Catholic Public Domain Version My brothers, within the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, do not choose to show favoritism toward persons. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons. |
And now let the fear of Jehovah be on you. Be careful and act wisely, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
To have respect of persons is not good; yea, for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
And they sent their disciples out to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth. Nor do you care for anyone, for you do not regard the person of men.
Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Truly I see that God is no respecter of persons;
testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Then after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to you for the establishing of you.
which none of the rulers of this world knew (for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory).
You shall not respect persons in judgment. You shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not respect persons, nor take a gift. For a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have to all the saints,
holding faith and a good conscience, which some have put away and made shipwreck as to faith.
I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you guard these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ (according to the faith of God's elect, in the acknowledging of the truth which is according to godliness
looking for the blessed hope, and the appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
who being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the word of His power, through Himself cleansing of our sins, He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high,
looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right of the throne of God.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
and if you have respect to him who has the fancy clothing and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, You stand there, or sit here under my footstool;
But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin and are convicted by the Law as transgressors.
But the wisdom that is from above is first truly pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and our Savior Jesus Christ,
These are murmurers, complainers, leading lives according to their lusts. And their mouth speaks proud things, admiring faces for the sake of gain.
Here is the patience of the saints. Here are the ones who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.