James 2:9 meaning and explanation
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
James 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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James is writing to scattered believers, and here he applies the royal law of love from verse 8 to the favoritism he described in verses 2 to 4, where a rich visitor got the seat of honor and a poor man was told to stand. Showing partiality is not a minor lapse in manners; the law itself names it as sin and places the partial person among transgressors, those who have stepped over the line God drew.
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