Are ye not then partial in yourselves,— Do you not put a difference, or discrimination among yourselves on those accounts which are foreign to the cause? That this is the frequent sense of the words διακρινομενοι and διακρινεσθαι, see Acts 15:9 where the words ουδεν διεκρινε are rendered, He put no difference betwixt us and them: and, Jude 1:22 where we read, Of some have compassion, διακρινομενοι, making a difference.
An are become judges of evil thoughts?— That is, Who pass judgment from your own evil thoughts, as considering the rich worthy of respect in judgment, for his gorgeous attire and outward appearance, and the poor fit to be despised for his outward meanness.