James 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But ye have despised the poor; God's poor, viz. by your respecting persons. Do not rich men? Either those that were unbelieving Jews or heathen; or such as made a profession of Christianity, but were not cordial friends to it; or, both may be included. Oppress you; insolently abuse you, and unrighteously, either usurping a power over you which belongs not to them, or abusing the power they have. And draw you before the judgment-seats; especially before unbelieving judges, 1 Corinthians 6:1,6: they would colour their oppression with a pretence of law, and therefore drew the poor saints before the judgment-seat.