The Dangers of Partiality in the Church

The church of James's day was a very diverse grouping, with rich and poor, Jew and Gentile. Wrong attitudes are often the cause of trouble amidst such diversity. James comments on the undervaluing of the poor and warns against the dangers of riches and of partiality even found, as we know, in the church of the 21st century. We are reminded that the church, like the body is not one member but many.