But (δε). Return to the point of view in verse 2.

Of low degree (ο ταπεινος). "The lowly" brother, in outw…

Let the brother of low degree. This verse seems to introduce a new topic, which has no other connection with what precedes than that the a…

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted (or, better, in his exaltation). — There is no prais…

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: but the rich, in that he is made …

Verses 9–11 appear to continue the same subject (cf. the continuation of the subject of persevering “under trial” in v.12). Trials erase any superf…

Let the brother of low degree. As Paul, exhorting servants to bear their lot submissively, sets before them this consolation—that they wer…

Let the brother of low degree
By "the brother" is meant, not one in a natural, but in a spiritual relation; one of C…

Christianity teaches people to be joyful amidst troubles: such trials are sent from God's love, and trials in the path of duty will brighten our gr…