Don't Have Favorites Bible Study

In James 2, James wrote about not having favoritism. We will be doing a Bible study about it. Read James 2:1-13 and answer the following questions. Send the questions and your answers to your assigned partner.

v. 1 What instruction did James give to the believers?

v. 2 Describe the two men.

v. 3 What special attention was given to the man dressed in fine clothes? What was said to the poor man?

v. 4 What type of judge would that person be?

v. 5 What were the poor seen as in the eyes of the world?

v. 6 What were the rich doing?

v. 7 What were the rich doing to God's name?

v. 8 What is the royal law found in the scripture? What does Mark 12:29-31 say?

v. 9 How is favoritism seen as to God?

v. 10 How can a person become guilty of breaking the law?

v. 11 How can a person become a lawbreaker?

v. 12-13 How are people to speak and act? Which is more important between mercy or judgment?