Parallel Verses

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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 brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. 2 A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue.


Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age knew (understood) for had they known it they would not have impaled the glorious Lord (esteemed Master).

Leviticus 19:15

Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.

James 2:9

But when you show partiality you commit sin. The law then convicts you as transgressors.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You will not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great. You will not fear man for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.'

Deuteronomy 16:19

Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.

Proverbs 24:23

These sayings belong to the wise. It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:7

Do your work in honor of him and know that he will not allow you to be unfair to anyone or to take bribes.

Psalm 24:7-10

Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted up, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory will come in.

Proverbs 28:21

It is not good to show partiality for a man will transgress for a piece of bread.

Matthew 22:16

They sent their disciples with the Herodians to Jesus. They said: Teacher we know you are truthful. You teach the way of God in truth. And you are not partial to the influence of men.

Acts 7:2

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

Acts 20:21

I witnessed to both Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 24:24

A few days later Felix arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him concerning faith in Christ.

Romans 1:11

I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened,

Colossians 1:4

We have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all the holy ones.

1 Timothy 1:19

Keep the faith and maintain a good conscience! Some have rejected these things and have suffered shipwreck to their faith.

1 Timothy 5:21

I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these [principles] without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Titus 1:1

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.

Titus 2:13

Look for the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of the great God. And look for our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 1:3

God's Son is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his being. He sustains all things by his powerful word. After Jesus purged our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

2 Peter 1:1

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

Jude 1:16

These murmur, complain, and walk after their lusts, they speak arrogantly, flattering people to gain advantage.

Revelation 14:12

This requires patience and endurance for the holy ones, those who obey the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

James 2:3

You pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes, and say: Sit here in a good place. Then you say to the poor man: Stand there, or Sit under my footstool.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable (yielding), full of mercy and good fruits, without discord (partiality), without hypocrisy.

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