William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - James 2:5-7
2:5-7 Listen, my dear brothers. Did God not choose those who are poor by the world's valuation to be rich because of their faith and to be heirs of the Kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? But you dishonour the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and is it not they who drag you to the law-courts? And is it not they who abuse the fair name by which you have been called? "God," said Abraham Lincoln, "must love the common people because he made so many of them."... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - James 2:1-7
The apostle is here reproving a very corrupt practice. He shows how much mischief there is in the sin of prosopolepsia?respect of persons, which seemed to be a very growing evil in the churches of Christ even in those early ages, and which, in these after-times, has sadly corrupted and divided Christian nations and societies. Here we have, I. A caution against this sin laid down in general: My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons,... read more