New Testament · Book 59 of 66
The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
Each section is one focused part of James — purpose, key movements, key verses, Christ-in-this-section. Roughly five minutes each.
‘Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves’ (1:22). The book's keynote and the reason Luther called it ‘an epistle of straw’ — though the church has kept it in the canon for the counterweight it provides.
‘Faith without works is dead’ (2:26). Read with Paul (Rom 4) rather than against him — the faith that justifies is a faith that produces.