James, I-II Peter, Jude (Biblia.com)

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James has had a stormy and uncertain history in the Christian church. It had a difficult time getting into the New Testament, achieving canonical status in the Greek Church in the fourth century, the Latin Church in the fifth century, and the Syrian Church in the eighth century. Martin Luther famously judged James “an epistle of straw” and did not think it apostolic. R. A. Martin’s commentary on...

“go” and what did he preach? What are the logical and linguistic connections between vv 18–22 and 4:1–6? Is there any relation between these verses and the later (4th cent.) formulations of the Nicene Creed, especially the descent into hell? Concerning v 19 in particular Martin Luther once exclaimed: “This is a strange text and certainly a more obscure passage than any other passage in the New Testament. I still do not know for sure what the apostle means” (Luther’s Works Vol. 30, p. 113). However

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