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Though located in the back part of the New Testament Canon, these letters are none-the-less vitally important. The letter of James struggled long to be accepted and Barclay examines the questions of its authorship and dating along with a discussion of its content on personal ethics. Barclay places The First Letter of Peter within its context as a "catholic" or "general" epistle, gives backgrounds...

of faith as he had made. The true Israel was composed not of any particular nation or race but of those who accepted Jesus Christ in faith. So, this phrase may well mean the wider Christian Church. We may choose between the second and the third meanings, each of which gives excellent sense. James may be writing to the Christian Jews scattered throughout the surrounding nations, or he may be writing to the new Israel, the Christian Church. My brothers, reckon it all
Pages 47–48
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