James 2:1–13: Favoritism in the Family
James will not let favoritism sit quietly in a family. He calls it sin against the royal law and points to the mercy that must shape how we treat the people closest to us.
James 2:1–13: Favoritism and the Royal Law
James confronts a congregation that seated the wealthy in the good seats and the poor by the footstool. Faith in the glorious Lord cannot be held together with partiality, because favoritism breaks the royal law and puts a person under a judgment that shows no mercy to the merciless.