![]() ![]() ![]() Here and throughout the letter, James drives toward the point that our theological integrity - our whole-hearted, consistent, comprehensive devotion to God - requires of us a particular kind of life and character. The theological substance of the passage, however, lies in its deep connections to the rest of James’s theology, and James expresses his ideas so circuitously that one can easily lose track of it. It’s tempting to fixate on the apparent contrast to Paul’s teaching on justification by faith alone, although the contrast is less sharp than might appear to a casual reader. ![]() These verses from the Epistle of James include the point that the epistle is best known for: “e doers of the word, and not merely hearers,” just as next week we will read James reminding us that “faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.”
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