James 2:1

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?”

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

I and the Father are one.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God,

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment.

Yahweh’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.’

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”

For there is no partiality with God.

so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.

Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”

Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.

He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,

I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”