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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 48: James is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of the most challenging New Testament books, James presents many historical, theological, and textual problems. Ralph Martin tackles each one in order and with scholarly precision. He provides detailed textual notes, places the epistle historically, and engages the theological controversies raised by this often maligned epistle.

(lekû lešs̄lōm; לכו is qal imperative of hālak, “to go,” “to walk”; Judg 18:6; 1 Sam 1:17; 20:42; 2 Sam 15:9; Mark 5:34; Luke 7:50) and suggests a departure in peace offered as a prayer that God may give šālōm, i.e., prosperity (ἐν εἰρήνῃ, which is dative of attendant circumstance; see Moule, Idiom Book, 70, 79; the ἐν of our present phrase is used in loose fashion, similar to the accusative; BDF §206.1). θερμαίνεσθε means “warm yourself” (in middle voice) as from the heat of a fire
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