Second, it will make him entire. This word, rendered “perfectly equipped” by Williams, was used of that which is whole and complete in all its parts. Jewish writers like Josephus and Philo used it of sacrificial animals that were without blemish or defect. A word built on the same Greek root is used in Acts 3:16 of the lame man who had been miraculously healed through the word of Peter. Peter explained that through faith the man had been given “perfect soundness.” In the present passage James teaches