reminds readers that their favoritism toward the rich actually belies God’s decision to choose “those who are poor … to be rich in faith” (2:5). 1. Becoming like children involves turning away from preoccupation with status concerns and self-promotion to care for others. Views of children were substantially different in the first-century world than in our contemporary Western context, so we are prone to import into this passage qualities of children as we perceive them. We might,