For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Supposez, en effet, qu'il entre dans votre assemblée un homme avec un anneau d'or et un habit magnifique, et qu'il y entre aussi un pauvre misérablement vêtu;
KJV
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ference to a rich man rather than to a poor man seems to pertain to respect of persons, according to James 2:2,3. Nevertheless dispensations to marry within forbidden degrees are more readily granted to the rich and powerful than to others. Therefore the sin of respect of persons…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
kind of honor, wherefore in such cases honor is wont to be shown. This is signified by the words of James 2:2,3 : "If there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel . . . and you . . . shall say to him: Sit thou here well," etc. Wherefore ambition…
John Chrysostom
NPNF1-14. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews
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