With 59 commands in 108 verses, James presents the law of King Jesus (James 2:8). But if James merely commands, its moral clarity is a burden and its commands condemn. Yet James insists on obedience, declaring that good deeds mark true religion: • “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (1:27). • “Whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable