Thursday 3/1/13

James 2:8-9 ESV

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Here Paul gave another reason why we need to treat everyone as equal and be gracious to all. God commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves, and we have only oneself. If we show partiality, high regard to the rich & powerful while disregarding the poor, we have sinned and transgressed the royal law of God, one of the most important law. Therefore we must show the same respect and honor to everyone.