Malachi 2:9
9and so aI make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but bshow partiality in your instruction.”James 2:1-4
The Sin of Partiality
1My brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 14
dshow no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, ethe Lord of glory. 2For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” fwhile you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” 4have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become gjudges with evil thoughts? James 3:17
17But hthe wisdom from above is first pure, then ipeaceable, gentle, open to reason, jfull of mercy and good fruits, kimpartial and lsincere.
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