James 2:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
  • Jas 2:9 : 9 But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
  • 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
  • Deut 1:17 : 17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
  • Ps 24:7-9 : 7 Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 8 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and power, the Lord strong in war. 9 Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; let them be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)
  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 24:24 : 24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 1:11 : 11 For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;
  • Col 1:4 : 4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,
  • 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
  • Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
  • Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:2-7
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    2For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

    3And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

    4Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

    5Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

    6But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

    7Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?

  • Rom 2:10-11
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    10But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

    11For one man is not different from another before God.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Jas 2:9
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    9But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

  • Jas 1:9
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    9But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

  • Jas 2:14-15
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    14What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

    15If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

  • Jude 1:16-17
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    16These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

    17But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Job 34:19
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    19Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

  • Jas 3:14
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    14But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

  • Eph 6:9
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    9And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

    7For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

  • Phil 2:3
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    3Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

  • Titus 2:10
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    10Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

  • Jas 1:16
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    16Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

  • Job 13:10
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    10He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

  • Jas 1:7
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    7Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Mal 2:9
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    9And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29So that no flesh might have glory before God.

  • Heb 3:1
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    1For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

  • Prov 24:23
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    23These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Col 3:25
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    25For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

  • 2 Cor 8:21
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    21For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

  • Gal 2:6
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    6But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

  • 2 Cor 8:9
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    9For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

  • Matt 6:1
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    1Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

    2And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.

  • Acts 10:34
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    34Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

  • 1 Tim 5:21
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    21I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

  • 1 Pet 2:17
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    17Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.

  • Jas 3:1
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    1Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

  • 2 Thess 2:1
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    1Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

  • Rom 14:10
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    10But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

  • Titus 1:14
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    14Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.

  • Jas 1:27
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    27The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

  • Rom 12:10
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    10Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;