But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you and dragging you into courts? — the irony cuts sharply: the very wealthy whom the church privileges often exploit and oppress the believers, dragging them to the basileia (courts) for debts and disputes. The displacement of honor from the poor to the rich is particularly absurd given that the wealthy demonstrate their contempt through economic and legal aggression. James forces the believers to confront the contradiction between their practice and their own interests.

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