For, if a man with gold rings on his fingers and in splendid clothing enters into a gathering of you, but a poor man in filthy clothing also enters, yet you look with favor upon the one wearing the splendid clothing and say: ‘ You take this seat here in a fine place, ’ and you say to the poor one: ‘ You keep standing, ’ or: ‘ Take that seat there under my footstool, ’ you have class distinctions among yourselves and you have become judges rendering wicked decisions, is that not so? ” ​ — James 2: 1 - 4.
पहिल्या शतकातील मंडळीत काहीजणांचा श्रीमंतांकडे ओढा असल्यामुळे शिष्य याकोबाने असे लिहिले: “माझ्या बंधूंनो, गौरवशाली प्रभु म्हणजे आपला प्रभु येशू ख्रिस्त ह्‍याच्यावर विश्‍वास ठेवणारे तुम्ही तोंड पाहून वागू नका.