28.07. Jaak 2:5

Jaak 2:5 Kuulkaa, rakkaat veljeni! Eikö Jumala ole valinnut niitä, jotka ovat maailman silmissä köyhiä, olemaan rikkaita uskossa ja sen valtakunnan perillisiä, jonka hän on luvannut häntä rakastaville?  Matt. 19:23; Luuk. 6:20;

James 2:5Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and in their position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

James 2:5Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and [as believers to be] heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

James 2:5-7The Message (MSG)

^5-7 Listen, dear friends. Isn’t it clear by now that God operates quite differently?

 He chose the world’s down-and-out as the kingdom’s first citizens, with full rights and privileges.

This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God.

And here you are abusing these same citizens! Isn’t it the high and mighty who exploit you, who use the courts to rob you blind? Aren’t they the ones who scorn the new name—“Christian”—used in your baptisms?

James 2:5Living Bible (TLB)

⁵ Listen to me, dear brothers: God has chosen poor people to be rich in faith, and the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs, for that is the gift God has promised to all those who love him.