Discovery BoxJames 1:10 
Context1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. 1
James 1:18
Context1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth 2 through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
James 1:23
Context1:23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone 3 who gazes at his own face 4 in a mirror.
1 tn Grk “a flower of grass.”
2 tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”
3 tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”
4 tn Grk “the face of his beginning [or origin].”
