²⁴ Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”^(A)

¹⁵ You judge by human standards;^(A) I pass judgment on no one.^(B)

Favoritism Forbidden

2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious^(A) Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.^(B)

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,^(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”^(B)