reveals the compassion God has toward the underprivileged in society when it says that He is “father to the fatherless, a defender of widows.” Nor is James the only one to mention it in the New Testament. (See Acts 6:1–6; 1 Timothy 5:3–16.) God’s concern for orphans and widows, then, is real. Those who have the implanted word should have the same concern and do something to alleviate their plight. Giving money alone for benevolence does not cover what James has in mind. The verb look after assumes