God opposes partiality either to the weak or to the strong. As James 2:8‒9 says, “If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.” God is a god of justice. He cares about it—not just in a court of law but in how we treat the truly marginalized: the outcast, the poor, the vulnerable, and the victim. God’s justice means restoration for the downtrodden as much as it means repercussions for the wrongdoer.
