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James 2:1-4 GW
(1) My brothers and sisters, practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ by not favoring one person over another.
(2) For example, two men come to your worship service. One man is wearing gold rings and fine clothes; the other man, who is poor, is wearing shabby clothes.
(3) Suppose you give special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say to him, "Please have a seat." But you say to the poor man, "Stand over there," or "Sit on the floor at my feet."
(4) Aren't you discriminating against people and using a corrupt standard to make judgments?
James 2:1-4 BBE
(1) My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.
(2) For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,
(3) And 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;
(4) Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
James 2:1-4 CEV
(1) My friends, if you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you won't treat some people better than others.
(2) Suppose a rich person wearing fancy clothes and a gold ring comes to one of your meetings. And suppose a poor person dressed in worn-out clothes also comes.
(3) You must not give the best seat to the one in fancy clothes and tell the one who is poor to stand at the side or sit on the floor.
(4) That is the same as saying that some people are better than others, and you would be acting like a crooked judge.
James 2:1-4 NWT
2 My brothers, you are not holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, our glory, with acts of favoritism, are you? 2 For, if a man with gold rings on his fingers and in splendid clothing enters into a gathering of you, but a poor [man] in filthy clothing also enters, 3 yet you look with favor upon the one wearing the splendid clothing and say: "You take this seat here in a fine place," and you say to the poor one: "You keep standing," or: "Take that seat there under my footstool," 4 You have class distinctions among yourselves and you have become judges rendering wicked decisions, is that not so?
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation