James talks four times about boasting. In two of them he was positive and in two of them, he was negative.
Positive
1. Rich in his lowness and poor in his highness. 1:9
2. Kindness boasts over judgment. 2:13
Negative
1. If you are jealous do not boast 3:14
2. Now you are boasting in your great things and this boasting is not good. 4:16
He had a habit of addressing them again and again while he was talking to them.
1. Brothers 1:2, 2:1, 14, 3:1, 10, 12; 4:11, 5:7, 9,10,12,19
2. Dear brothers. 1:16,19; 2:5,
3. Other names like-
a. Fornicators, 4:4,
a. Fornicators, 4:4,
b. Double minded 4:8
c. Those who talk to each other about profit of business.
d. Rich people
Though he tells us in 3rd chapter, how can we bless and curse with one tongue, he started to call them fornicators and two minded etc. He was not cursing but addressing a separate group.
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