⁴ have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges^(A) with evil thoughts?

⁵ Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:^(B) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world^(C) to be rich in faith^(D) and to inherit the kingdom^(E) he promised those who love him?^{(F) 6} But you have dishonored the poor.^(G) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?^{(H) 7} Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

¹⁰ All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,^(A) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

¹⁵ If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.

¹⁶ However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.^(A)