James Commentary

James

James Commentary:
I. Greeting and Testing of Faith (1:1-18)
A. Address and Greeting (1:1)
B. Endurance Produced from Trials (1:2-4)
C. Ask God for Wisdom in Faith (1:5-8)
D. Humbleness: the Poor and the Rich (1:9-11)
E. Reward for Enduring Trials (1:12)
F. Temptation is From Man (1:13-15)
G. Every Good Gift is from Above (1:16-18)
II. Hearing and Doing the Word (1:19-27)
III. The Sin of Partiality (2:1-13)
IV. Faith without Works is Dead (2:14-26)
V. Christian Speech and Wisdom (3:1-4:3)
VI. Submission to God: (4:4-17)
VII. Concluding Admonitions (5:1-19)

D. Humbleness: the Poor and the Rich (1:9-11)

Ver 9. Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

Ver 10. and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

Ver 11. For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.