James 2:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Warning against Partiality

2 My brothers and sisters,^[a] do you with your acts of favouritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?^{[b] 2} For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, ³ and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, ‘Have a seat here, please’, while to the one who is poor you say, ‘Stand there’, or, ‘Sit at my feet’,^[c]