King James Version
James 1:9 in the King James Version says “Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: rejoice: or, glory rejoice: or, glory” — study this verse from James chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: rejoice: or, glory rejoice: or, glory”
James 1:9 · KJV
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: rejoice: or, glory rejoice: or, glory
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the brother”
G80a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like g0001)
“of low degree”
G5011depressed, i.e., (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition)
“is exalted”
G5311elevation, i.e., (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky, or (figuratively) dignity
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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