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.