Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.

New American Standard Bible

My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

King James Version

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Holman Bible

My brothers, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

International Standard Version

My brothers, do not let your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be tainted by favoritism.

A Conservative Version

My brothers, ye should not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, in favoritism.

American Standard Version

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Amplified

My fellow believers, do not practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of partiality [toward people—show no favoritism, no prejudice, no snobbery].

An Understandable Version

My brothers, do not hold [views regarding] the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ [i.e., as tenets of Christianity] which show favoritism toward [certain] persons.

Anderson New Testament

My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons.

Bible in Basic English

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

Common New Testament

My brethren, show no favoritism as you hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

Daniel Mace New Testament

My brethren, let not your christian profession be accompanied with partiality.

Darby Translation

My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of glory, with respect of persons:

Godbey New Testament

My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect to persons.

Goodspeed New Testament

My brothers, do you try to combine faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with acts of partiality?

John Wesley New Testament

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring,

Julia Smith Translation

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, of glory, with distinction of faces.

King James 2000

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Modern King James verseion

My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Christ, the Lord of glory, with respecter of faces.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory in respect of persons.

Moffatt New Testament

My brothers, as you believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Glory, pay no servile regard to people.

Montgomery New Testament

My brothers, do not hold the faith of the Lord Jesus, the Lord of Glory, in a spirit of caste.

NET Bible

My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

New Heart English Bible

My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

Noyes New Testament

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord of glory, Jesus Christ, with respect of persons.

Sawyer New Testament

My brothers, have not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with a respect of persons.

The Emphasized Bible

My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

MY brethren, hold not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus shewing a respect for persons.

Twentieth Century New Testament

My Brothers, are you really trying to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with the worship of rank?

Webster

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Weymouth New Testament

My brethren, you must not make distinctions between one man and another while you are striving to maintain faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our glory.

Williams New Testament

My brothers, stop trying to maintain your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious presence of God on earth, along with acts of partiality to certain ones.

World English Bible

My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

Worrell New Testament

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Worsley New Testament

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, in a partial respect of persons.

Youngs Literal Translation

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
My
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

the faith
πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221

of our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

the Lord of glory
δόξα 
Doxa 
Usage: 141

with
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Devotionals

Devotionals about James 2:1

References

Images James 2:1

Prayers for James 2:1

Context Readings

Partiality Forbidden

1 My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality. 2 For if someone enters into your assembly in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:8

which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Leviticus 19:15

" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.

James 2:9

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, [and thus] are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not {be partial} {in your judgment}; hear [out] the small [person] as [also] the great [person]; {do not be intimidated by any person}, because the judgment [is] God's; and the case that is too difficult for you, bring [it] to me, and I will hear it [out].'

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.

Proverbs 24:23

These [sayings] are also for the wise: {Partiality} in judgment is not good.

2 Chronicles 19:7

So now, let the fear of Yahweh be upon you all. {Be careful what you do}, for there is neither wickedness nor {showing partiality} and taking bribes with Yahweh our God."

Psalm 24:7-10

Lift up your heads, O gates, and rise up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory may enter.

Proverbs 28:21

{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.

Acts 7:2

So he said, "Men--brothers and fathers--listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham [while he] was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks with respect to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 24:24

And after some days, [when] Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him concerning faith in Christ Jesus.

Romans 1:11

For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,

Colossians 1:4

[since we] heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,

1 Timothy 1:19

having faith and a good conscience, which some, [because they] have rejected [these], have suffered shipwreck concerning their faith,

1 Timothy 5:21

I testify solemnly before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that you observe these [things] without prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of the chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth that [is] according to godliness,

Titus 2:13

looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 1:3

who is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, sustaining all [things] by the word of power. [When he] had made purification for sins through him, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith equal in value to ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:16

These [people] are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their desires, and their mouths speaking pompous [words], {showing partiality to gain an advantage}.

Revelation 14:12

Here is the patient endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus.

James 2:3

and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there by my footstool,"

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,

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