Regardless of poverty or riches, the Christian's boast is in the same
thing. Or maybe we should say the same one: Jesus Christ. In his field
manual of authentic faith lived out, James quickly gets to the crucial call
for Christians to boast not in their socioeconomic status but rather in
their position in Christ. So whether poverty or riches, James will
instruct us to boast in the reality of our position in Christ alone.