26/08/2026
📖 James 2:1 KJV
𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬. 😇
In this chapter James discussed worship in the synagogue. References to the treatment of the wealthy versus the poor are reminiscent of 1:9-11. The focus on the ethics of true spirituality is linked closely with chapter 1.
The phrase 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 is addressed four times in the NT (cp. Rom. 2:11; Eph. 6:9; Col. 3:25), each indicating that God does not show favoritism. When we sin by respecting only certain persons we imply that God did not make all men and women equal. Thus anyone who shows favoritism is guilty of having "evil thoughts".