Partiality
Favoritism
Favoritism
If
we show partiality or favoritism it is a sin.
James
2
The
Sin of Partiality
1 My brethren, do not hold your
faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal
favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold
ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty
clothes, 3 and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing
the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the
poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,” 4 have
you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil
motives? 5 Listen, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor
of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He
promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor
man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court? 7 Do
they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?
8 If, however, you are
fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your
neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you show
partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as
transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles
in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For He who
said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you
do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of
the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the
law of liberty. 13 For judgment will be merciless to one who
has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
Faith
and Works
14 What use is it, my brethren,
if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If
a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and
one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do
not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even
so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
18 But someone may well
say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works,
and I will show you my faith by my works.” 19 You believe that God
is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. 20 But
are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is
useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he
offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith was
working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; 23 and
the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was
reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God. 24 You
see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 In
the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she
received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For
just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works
is dead.
Leviticus
19;15
“‘Do
not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to
the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
Do
not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not
be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard
for you, and I will hear it.”
Deuteronomy
10;17
For
the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and
awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
Deuteronomy
16;19
Do
not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a
bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
2
Chronicles 19;7
Now
let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God
there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
Job
13;8
Will
you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
Job
13;10
He
would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.
Job
32;21
I
will show no partiality, nor will I flatter anyone.
Job
34;19
who
shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the
poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
Psalm
82;2
“How
long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?
Proverbs
24;23
[ Further
Sayings of the Wise ] These also are sayings of the wise; To show partiality
in judging is not good.
Proverbs
28;21
To
show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of
bread.
Malachi
2;9
“So
I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because
you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of
the law.”
Luke
20;21
So
the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is
right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in
accordance with the truth.
1
Timothy 5;21
I
charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep
these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of
favoritism.
James
2;9
But
if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as
lawbreakers.
Exodus
23;3
and
do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
Leviticus
19;15
“‘Do
not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to
the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
Acts
10;34
Then
Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism.
Romans
2;11
For
God does not show favoritism.
Galatians
2;6
As
for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference
to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message.
Ephesians
6;9
And
masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you
know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism
with him.
Colossians
3;25
Anyone
who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.
1
Timothy 5;21
I
charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep
these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.
James
2;1
[ Favoritism
Forbidden ] My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus
Christ must not show favoritism.
James
2;9
But
if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as
lawbreakers.