by you who say that immediately follows. Coming in place of James’s usual address to his readers as “brothers and sisters,” this tone might suggest that he intends here to turn his attention to people outside the church—letting the Christians listen in so that they can learn from the admonition. But we have already noted that the content of the paragraph seems to presuppose a Christian address. The tone James adopts suggests, however, that he regards the attitude of these Christians as unworthy of