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John 1:8

John 1:8 (MSG)
John was not himself the Light; he was there to show the way to the Light.

James 2:1

James 2:1 (MSG)
My dear friends, don't let public opinion influence how you live out our glorious, Christ-originated faith. If a man enters your church wearing an expensive suit, and a street person wearing rags comes in right after him, and you say to the man in the suit, "Sit here, sir; this is the best seat in the house!" and either ignore the street person or say, "Better sit here in the back row," haven't you segregated God's children and proved that you are judges who can't be trusted?

James 2:2

James 2:2 (MSG)
If a man enters your church wearing an expensive suit, and a street person wearing rags comes in right after him,

James 2:3

James 2:3 (MSG)
and you say to the man in the suit, "Sit here, sir; this is the best seat in the house!" and either ignore the street person or say, "Better sit here in the back row,"

James 2:4

James 2:4 (MSG)
haven't you segregated God's children and proved that you are judges who can't be trusted?

James 2:5

James 2:5 (MSG)
Listen, dear friends. Isn't it clear by now that God operates quite differently? He chose the world's down-and-out as the kingdom's first citizens, with full rights and privileges. This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God. And here you are abusing these same citizens! Isn't it the high and mighty who exploit you, who use the courts to rob you blind? Aren't they the ones who scorn the new name—"Christian"—used in your baptisms?

James 2:6

James 2:6 (MSG)
And here you are abusing these same citizens! Isn't it the high and mighty who exploit you, who use the courts to rob you blind?

James 2:18

James 2:18 (MSG)
I can already hear one of you agreeing by saying, "Sounds good. You take care of the faith department, I'll handle the works department." Not so fast. You can no more show me your works apart from your faith than I can show you my faith apart from my works. Faith and works, works and faith, fit together hand in glove.

James 2:20

James 2:20 (MSG)
Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?