James 2:4-6

2:4 If so, have you not made distinctions ¹  among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? ²  2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ³  Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor! ⁴  Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

¹ tn Grk “have you not made distinctions” (as the conclusion to the series of “if” clauses in vv. 2-3).

² tn Grk “judges of evil reasonings.”

³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

⁴ tn This is singular: “the poor person,” perhaps referring to the hypothetical one described in vv. 2-3.