james 1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

james 1:10 and [let] the rich man [glory] in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

10. So far as one is merely "rich" in worldly goods, "he shall pass away"; in so far as his predominant character is that of a "brother," he "abideth for ever" (1Jo 2:17). This view meets all ALFORD'S objections to regarding "the rich" here as a "brother" at all. To avoid making the rich a brother, he translates, "But the rich glories in his humiliation," namely, in that which is really his debasement (his rich state, Php 3:19), just as the low is told to rejoice in what is really his exaltation (his lowly state).

james 1:10 and [let] the rich man [glory] in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

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