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Let the brother of low degree γrejoice in that he is exalted:

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James 2:5‑6• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
⁶But *ye* have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not *they* drag you before the tribunals? (James 2:5‑6)

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Deut. 15:7,9,11• ⁷If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
⁹Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
¹¹For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land. (Deut. 15:7,9,11)

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Psa. 62:9• ⁹Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity. (Psa. 62:9)

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Prov. 17:5• ⁵Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent. (Prov. 17:5)

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Prov. 19:1• ¹Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (Prov. 19:1)

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Luke 1:52• ⁵²He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly. (Luke 1:52)

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Jer. 9:23‑24• ²³Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:
²⁴but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:23‑24)

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Rom. 5:2‑3• ²by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
³And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance; (Rom. 5:2‑3)

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Phil. 3:3• ³For *we* are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus, and do not trust in flesh. (Phil. 3:3)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)

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1 Sam. 2:8• ⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them. (1 Sam. 2:8)

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Psa. 113:7‑8• ⁷He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
⁸To set him among nobles, among the nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)

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Luke 9:48• ⁴⁸and said to them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is the least among you all, *he* is great. (Luke 9:48)

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Luke 10:20• ²⁰Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens. (Luke 10:20)

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Rom. 8:17• ¹⁷And if children, heirs also: heirs of God, and Christ's joint heirs; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. (Rom. 8:17)

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2 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things. (2 Cor. 6:10)

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Phil. 3:14• ¹⁴I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:14)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; (1 Peter 2:9)

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1 John 3:1‑3• ¹See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
²Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
³And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure. (1 John 3:1‑3)

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Rev. 2:9• ⁹I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan. (Rev. 2:9)

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Rev. 5:9‑10• ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
¹⁰and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth. (Rev. 5:9‑10)

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Rev. 7:9‑10• ⁹After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.
¹⁰And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. (Rev. 7:9‑10)

• {v.9-10} He who is in a low station should rejoice that Christianity exalts him; the rich, that it humbles him. It is not in riches that we are to rejoice (they pass away), but in the exercises of heart of which the Apostle had been speaking. (“James 1” by J.N. Darby)

• God picks up this poor brother of low degree, who would have been regarded by the rich of his nation as but the mud of the streets (see, John 7:47-49) and exalted him by proclaiming him to be an object composed of gold. (“James 1” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,

W. Kelly Translation

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But let the lowly brother glory in his elevation,