Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will.

9 Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them.

James calls Christians living in humble or lowly circumstances to take pride or boast about their truly exalted position in Christ.

9 Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them.

Humility, the ability to see reality as it is, is the proper mindset for the believer, whether wealthy or poor.

The believer who is poor still has reasons to boast, for he has been placed on high. But those who are rich should boast in how God has brought them low and ...

Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away ...

Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position [as a born-again believer, called to the true riches and to be an heir of God].

9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away ...

“Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away” (James 1:9–10).