<p>5:6- see on Mk. 9:35.</p><p><i>Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time- </i>God wants to exalt us at the last day, and so His hand, His Spirit or action in our lives, will be humbling us now. And we are to willingly merge with that process, realizing that this life is all about being brought down, so that we might be lifted up to His glory at the last day. The ideas are very similar to what we have in Phil. 2, where we are asked to have the same mind which was in Jesus on the cross, who humbled Himself s.w. Phil. 2:8 so that He might be exalted. So whilst self humbling is a conscious act, we are confirmed in it by God's hand. The same Greek words are used in the parallel James 4:10, also written to Jewish believers: &quot;Humble yourselves <i>in the sight of the Lord</i> and He shall lift you up&quot; (s.w. &quot;exalt you&quot;). The parallel is between God's hand, and &quot;the sight of the Lord&quot;. We are assisted in the self humiliation process by recalling that we live life in His sight; the Lord is watching us closely, and a sense of His presence should inspire our self humbling.</p>