2:5–7 God is not partial to anyone. The poor are more likely to repent and renounce this world for the sake of the kingdom, for they more easily see the emptiness of earthly things. The rich (v. 6), on the other hand, tend to prize earthly things, desire material things, and even hurt others to gain them (see Lk 6:21–25; 1Co 1:26–28). They may mock Christians for the name by which (v. 7) they are called, the name invoked at baptism. 2:8–13 The corrective standard of judgment is perfect faith manifested