Catholic Public Domain Version
"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? "
— James 2:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?”
“But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats? ”
“But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?”
“But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?”
“But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? And do not they draw you before the judgment seats?”
“But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?”
“But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?”
and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, “You may sit in this good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit below my footstool,”
are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts?
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?
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?
Are not they the ones who blaspheme the good name which has been invoked over you?
So if you perfect the regal law, according to the Scriptures, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” then you do well.
But if you show favoritism to persons, then you commit a sin, having been convicted again by the law as transgressors.