James 2:1 Douay-Rheims

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons.

Glossa Ordinaria

Medieval

Do not. As if he said: The Lord does not invite the rich to the faith and despise the poor, but he chose the poor in this world, and endowed them with faith. The world casts out the poor man and courts the rich; the faith of Christ teaches on the contrary that all the glory of the rich is as the flower of the grass; mercy toward the poor flourishes unto eternity. Of the Lord of glory. He names him the Lord of glory, that his commands may be obeyed, who rewards with everlasting glory that which is given to the poor for love of him.

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James 2:1

English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.

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