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Jam_4:10. Conclusion—carrying with it an O. T. colouring—of the exhortation, in which what has hitherto been said is summed up.
ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον κυρίου ] ταπεινώθητε in reference to ταπεινοῖς κ . τ . λ ., Jam_4:6.
κυρίου ] i.e. Θεοῦ (comp. Jam_4:7), not Χριστοῦ (Grotius).
ἐνώπιον ] not = ὑπό , 1Pe_5:6 : ταπεινώθητε ὑπὸ τὴν … χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ , but expresses that the self-abasement is to take place in consciousness of the presence of God, who gives grace only to the humble; comp. Sir_2:17 : οἳ φοβούμενοι κύριον … ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ταπεινώσουσι τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν .
καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς ] is to be referred both to the present concealed and to the future manifested glory of the humble Christian (comp. chap. Jam_1:9). The contrasted ideas ταπεινοῦν and ὑψοῦν often occur; see in the O. T. Job_5:11; Eze_21:26; in the N. T. Mat_23:12; Luk_14:11; 1Pe_5:6, and other places.