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 # Connecting Statement:
 
-James continues to tell the scattered Jewish believers how to live by loving one another and reminds them not to favor rich people over poor brothers.
+James continues to tell the scattered Jewish believers how to live by loving one another and reminds them not to favor rich people over poor people.
 
 # My brothers
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Believing in Jesus Christ is spoken of as if it were an object that one could ho
 
 The word "our" includes James and his fellow believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
 
-# favoritism toward certain people
+# favoritism
 
-the desire to help some people more than others
+the act of treating some people better than others