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Pastors and scholars have often found the letter of James particularly vexing both to interpret and to apply. Scot McKnight’s commentary expounds James both in its own context and in the context of ancient Judaism, the Greco-Roman world, and the emerging Christian faith. Though interacting with the best available scholarly work on James, McKnight first connects deeply with the text of the letter...

for understanding the community as a “brotherhood community” (Matt 23:8; 25:40; Jas 1:9, 16, etc.).11 The Greek text differs from the English translation in that James suddenly commands12 the messianic Jewish community to “consider”13 their condition, one marked by trials, as an occasion for joy. To “consider” trials as an occasion of joy involves an act of faith, for instead of looking at the trial, the messianic Jewish community is instead encouraged to look through the trial to its potential
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