For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye nave respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place... Church union, a series of discourses - Page 336by Edward Davies - 1811Full view - About this book
| General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1865 - 788 pages
...the arrangement for " free seats" is such as to violate both the spirit and the letter of the rule, " Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons," and makes an offensive distinction between the rich and the poor in the place where such distinctions... | |
| William Cobbett - Church and state - 1835 - 204 pages
...established by law. " My brethren, have not the faith of our " Lord Jesus Christ, with respect of persons. i( For if there come unto your assembly a " man with...him that " weareth the gay clothing-, and say unto u him, Sit thou here in a good place; and " say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here " under... | |
| William Leete Stone - Cults - 1835 - 530 pages
...practice of the primitive church, of having all things in common ; and also upon James, ii. 1 — 4. " My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus...glory, ' with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in... | |
| Henry Martin - Society of Friends - 1835 - 240 pages
...shall receive the greater condemnation." And in the 2nd chap. of the same Epistle, 1st ver. we read, " My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus...Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons." Our Saviour to the Pharisees. — " O, generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things... | |
| Nicholas Snethen - 1835 - 390 pages
...another, and be clothed with humility." Next let us hear James; "My brethren, be not many masters." " My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus...Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons." The rebuke of John to Diotrephes, is well known. In what did this man's offence consist? He loved to... | |
| John William Fletcher - 1835 - 568 pages
...2. My brethren, cVc. if there come unto your assembly a man in goodly apparel, and also a poor .nan in vile raiment, and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing &c. are ye not partial ? &c. But ye hare despray God that it may not belaid to their pised the poor,... | |
| John Murray - Religion - 1957 - 274 pages
...has afflicted the church and disrupted the unity and communion of the saints. 'My brethren,' he says, 'have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the...glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile... | |
| Paul V. Harrison, Robert E. Picirilli - Religion - 1992 - 384 pages
...practice. VI. PROHIBITION AGAINST PARTIALITY (2:1-13) A. An Example of Favoring the Rich (2:1-4) 1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus...Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in... | |
| Charles Winick - History - 412 pages
...worn by well-dressed men who have increasingly been heeding the advice in the Epistle of Saint James: "And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing,...and say unto him, 'Sit thou here in a good place.' " More men wear "gay" clothing as a large part of the $9.4 billion spent annually for men's wear goes... | |
| Jean Calvin, John Calvin - Religion - 1995 - 356 pages
...God prefers. God and Father — take this as, 'God who is the Father'. CHAPTER TWO My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of...glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in... | |
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