James 4:10 - Exposition

Humble yourselves , etc. A further parallel with our Lord's teaching, St. James's words being perhaps suggested by the saying recorded in Matthew 23:1-39 . 12, "Whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted " ( ὑψωθήσεται , as here, "He shall lift you up ," ὑψώσει ) . In the sight of the Lord ( ἐνώπιον ). The article ( τοῦ ) in the Received Text is certainly wrong. It is wanting in a, A, B, K. The anarthrous κύριος is used by St. James here and in James 5:4 , James 5:10 (with which contrast James 5:14 ), and 1 l, as equivalent to the "Jehovah" of the Old Testament, which is represented in the LXX . by κύριος without the article.