Partiality, poverty, and access

James 2:1–17; Leviticus 19:9–18

Use your preferred translation.

Who receives less care because they lack status, money, documents, or useful connections?

• What does the passage say? Restate it in your own words before interpreting it.
• Who is speaking, and to whom?
• What is the surrounding context — what comes just before and after?
• Which words or phrases repeat or stand out?

1. James describes two visitors treated differently. What does the favoritism reveal about the community’s values?
2. Leviticus 19 tells farmers to leave the edges of their fields. What does that practice build into ordinary work?
3. James says faith without works is dead. How does that connect to how we treat the poor?

Where in your church, workplace, or neighborhood are some people overlooked? What could you do about it?

Find out what a local ministry or agency serving people in need actually needs, and provide some of it.

Ask God to remove partiality from your heart and to make you generous with your margins.