Parallel Verses

Anderson New Testament

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

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.

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 the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons. 2 For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing,


Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:8

which none of the rulers of this age knew; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.

James 2:9

But if you show partiality for persons, you work sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any one: for you do not look upon the person of men.

Acts 7:2

He replied: Brethren and fathers, hear: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

Acts 20:21

bearing full testimony both to Jews and to Greeks, of the repentance that leads to God, and of the faith that leads to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 24:24

And, after some days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess; and he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

Romans 1:11

For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, in order that you may be established;

Colossians 1:4

since we heard of your faithfulness in Christ Jesus, and your love for all the saints,

1 Timothy 1:19

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them, as it respects faith have made shipwreck; of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander,

1 Timothy 5:21

I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, and that you do nothing by partiality.

Titus 1:1

PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;

Titus 2:13

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

Hebrews 1:3

who, being the effulgence of his glory and the exact representation of his essence, and upholding all things by his own powerful word, when he had by himself made expiation for our sins, sat down at 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 faith, equally as precious as our own, in the plan of justification revealed by our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:16

These are murmurers, fault-finders, walking ac cording to their own desires; and their mouth speaks boastful words, while they admire persons for the sake of gain.

Revelation 14:12

Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

James 2:3

and you show regard to him that wears the splendid apparel, and say to him, Sit here, in an honorable place; and you say to the poor man, Do you stand there, or sit here, under my footstool;

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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