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Scripture: James 2:1-13

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Introduction

1. Response to testings and temptations (James 1:1-18)
2. The reception of the Word (James 1:19-27)
3. The respect of persons (James 2:1-13)
   1. The command for impartiality (James 2:1-4)
      1. The prohibition (James 2:1)
      2. The illustration (James 2:2-4)
         1. Their conduct (James 2:2-3)
         2. The conclusion (James 2:4)
   2. The contrast in methods of judgment 2:5–7
      1. God’s favor (James 2:5)
      2. Man’s favor (James 2:6a)
      3. Man’s failure (James 2:6b-7)
   3. The condemnation of partiality (James 2:8-13)
      1. The standard of the royal law (James 2:8-9)
         1. The statement (James 2:8)
         2. The censure (James 2:9)
      2. The unity of God’s law (James 2:10-11)
      3. The conclusion (James 2:12-13a)
      4. The consolation (James 2:13b)

Conclusion and application