Luke 6:21

6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger ¹  now, for you will be satisfied. ² 

“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ³ 

James 1:9

1:9 Now the believer ⁴  of humble means ⁵  should take pride ⁶  in his high position. ⁷ 

James 4:6-10

4:6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.” ⁸  4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you. 4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. ⁹  4:9 Grieve, mourn, ¹⁰  and weep. Turn your laughter ¹¹  into mourning and your joy into despair. 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where ¹²  do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, ¹³  from your passions that battle inside you? ¹⁴ 

James 5:10

5:10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, ¹⁵  take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

[6:21]  ¹ sn You who hunger are people like the poor Jesus has already mentioned. The term has OT roots both in conjunction with the poor (Isa 32:6-7; 58:6-7, 9-10; Ezek 18:7, 16) or by itself (Ps 37:16-19; 107:9).

[6:21]  ² sn The promise you will be satisfied is the first of several “reversals” noted in these promises. The beatitudes and the reversals that accompany them serve in the sermon as an invitation to enter into God’s care, because one can know God cares for those who turn to him.

[6:21]  ³ sn You will laugh alludes to the joy that comes to God’s people in the salvation to come.

[1:9]  ⁴ 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).

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “the lowly brother,” but “lowly/humble” is clarified in context by the contrast with “wealthy” in v. 10.

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “let him boast.”

[1:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “his height,” “his exaltation.”

[4:6]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Prov 3:34.

[4:8]  ⁹ tn Or “two-minded” (the same description used in 1:8).

[4:9]  ¹⁰ tn This term and the following one are preceded by καί (kai) in the Greek text, but contemporary English generally uses connectives only between the last two items in such a series.

[4:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “let your laughter be turned.”

[4:1]  ¹² tn The word “where” is repeated in Greek for emphasis.

[4:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “from here.”

[4:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “in your members [i.e., parts of the body].”

[5:10]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.