wisdom.… It is the first thought that makes all other thoughts fall into place.… What the prologue makes clear is that the benefits of wisdom are available only to those who have already made a fundamental religious commitment.1 So wisdom at its core is theological. It is rightly understanding our place in the cosmos and relating to God accordingly. He is supreme and we are not. We must fear him and “acknowledge our creaturely dependence upon him.”2 This is basic to James’s understanding of wisdom.