ACC ~ James 1 v9

PRIDE IN HUMILITY. HILARY OF ARLES: This verse applies to Hebrew slaves who were great and proud and high in their own eyes but in their slavery had become the lowest of the low. It is as if he were saying that life was harder for the rich people with whom they were living than it was for them as their servants. The boasting referred to here is not vain glory but joy in times of temptation. INTRODUCTORY TRACTATE ON THE LETTER OF JAMES.

ENDURING ADVERSITY. BEDE: Everyone who humbly endures adversity for the Lord’s sake will receive from him the highest rewards of his kingdom. CONCERNING THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES.

HUMBLING OURSELVES. OECUMENIUS: Every good thing comes to us if we humble ourselves before God. COMMENTARY ON JAMES.

HUMILITY THE KEY. THEOPHYLACT: Humility is the distributor of all good things, and apart from it there is nothing which is good. COMMENTARY ON JAMES.

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