Catholic Public Domain Version

James 2:4-10 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

4. are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts?

5. My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?

6. But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you through power? And are not they the ones who drag you to judgment?

7. Are not they the ones who blaspheme the good name which has been invoked over you?

8. So if you perfect the regal law, according to the Scriptures, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," then you do well.

9. But if you show favoritism to persons, then you commit a sin, having been convicted again by the law as transgressors.

10. Now whoever has observed the whole law, yet who offends in one matter, has become guilty of all.