Verse 7
"There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth."
"The KJV, ASV, and the the English Revised Version (1881) miss the point here. What we have is two equally obnoxious social shams. Translate: "There are poor people who pretend to be rich, and there are rich people who feign they are poor."[12] The reasons why such pretending is done both by the rich and the poor was explained by McGee.
"Some people drive a Cadillac automobile to impress the neighbors, when they can't really afford it, but there are also very wealthy people who complain of their financial hardships to avoid appeals for contributions. A member of a church where I preached was very wealthy; but he gave less than most of the others and was always talking about how hard times were."[13]
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