1:9 Now the believer 1 of humble means 2 should take pride 3 in his high position. 4
5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud 5 over the miseries that are coming on you.
1 tn Grk “brother.” Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. TEV, NLT “Christians”; CEV “God’s people”). The term broadly connotes familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).
2 tn Grk “the lowly brother,” but “lowly/humble” is clarified in context by the contrast with “wealthy” in v. 10.
3 tn Grk “let him boast.”
4 tn Grk “his height,” “his exaltation.”
5 tn Or “wail”; Grk “crying aloud.”