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James 2:4
Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?
James 2:4 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
James 2:4 in other translations
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
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In context
1 My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory.
2 For, if there enter into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings in gay clothing, and there enter a destitute man also, in soiled clothing,—
3 And ye eye him that hath on the gay clothing, and say, Thou, be sitting here, pleasantly,—and, unto the destitute man, say—Thou, stand, or sit there under my footstool,
4 Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?
5 Hearken! my brethren beloved:—Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
6 Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?
7 Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
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