8. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
9. Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them.
10. And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field.
11. The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
12. God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.