A person's standing in society in the sight of others. The status of individuals in the sight of the world often differs radically from their status in the sight of God, but it is the latter that really matters.

Daniel 2:37-38

Factors contributing to high social status

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High status associated with a position of secular authority

2 Samuel 15:1-6
1 Chronicles 29:26-28
Malachi 1:6

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High status based upon a position of domestic authority

Psalms 123:2
Luke 17:7-10
1 Corinthians 11:3
Acts 5:34

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High status owing to recognition of religious authority

Matthew 23:1-2,8-10
Acts 23:1-5
Matthew 23:5-7

High status owing to pious conduct

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pp Mk 12:38-39

Matthew 6:2,5,16

pp Lk 20:45-46

Luke 7:4-5
Proverbs 19:4

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High status based on wealth

1 Kings 10:4-7
Job 1:1-3
James 2:1-4

pp 2Ch 9:3-6

Matthew 9:11

Factors contributing to low social status

Low status on account of occupation

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pp Mk 2:16

Luke 15:1-2; 18:11

pp Lk 5:30

Leviticus 13:45-46

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Low status through sickness

Matthew 20:29-31
Luke 17:12-13

pp Mk 10:46-48

pp Lk 18:35-39

Amos 5:11-12

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Low status through poverty

Job 24:1-12
Luke 16:20
James 2:1-4
Matthew 5:3-6

Status in God's kingdom

The reversal of human status

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Matthew 19:13-15

pp Lk 6:20-21

Matthew 19:16-30

pp Mk 10:13-16

pp Lk 18:15-17

Luke 1:52-53; 16:19-26

pp Mk 10:17-31

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

pp Lk 18:18-30

Matthew 18:1-5

Believers must take the lowest status

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pp Mk 9:33-37

Matthew 20:20-28

pp Lk 9:46-48

Luke 14:7-11
John 13:12-15

pp Mk 10:35-45

Philippians 2:3-5
Galatians 3:28

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All believers enjoy equal status before God

1 Corinthians 7:22; 11:11-12
Philemon 1:15-17
James 1:9-10

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2410 cross, the
5309 eunuchs
5446 poverty
5490 refuge
5509 rulers
5700 headship
6611 adoption, privileges & duties
8276 humility
8342 servanthood
8767 hypocrisy
8802 pride
8810 riches, dangers of