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“The Bible is being translated, commented on, read, studied, preached and analyzed as never before. But it is questionable whether it is being obeyed to a comparable degree,” says Douglas Moo in the preface to his commentary on James. “All this suggests that the message of James is one that we all need to hear—and obey. No profound theologian, James’ genius lied in his profound moral earnestness;...

second question requires a negative answer): faith that has no works brings no profit; that kind of faith cannot save. The stress in the last statement on the specific nature of the faith involved is important. In the AV, the clause is translated ‘Can faith save him?’, which suggests that James is denying that faith can save. But the Greek word for faith (pistis) has the article in this clause, and shows that it is referring back to the faith just mentioned: the faith the person claims to have. James
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