Further Sayings of the Wise

²³ These also are sayings of the wise:^(A)

Favoritism Forbidden

2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious^(A) Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.^(B)

⁹ But if you show favoritism,^(A) you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.^(B)

¹⁶ These people are grumblers^(A) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;^(B) they boast^(C) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.