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| | Epistle of James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | This James was not one of the Twelve, but Paul described him as "the brother of the Lord" in Galatians 1:19 and as one of the three pillars of the Church in 2:9. | | | Specifically, James must have been killed before 44, but the Epistle of James seems to be written in order to clear up misconceptions about Paul's teaching on justification by faith in the 50s. | | | The author identifies himself in the opening verse as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ". |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_of_James
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| | Epistle of James - Theopedia |
| | James 1:1 states that the letter is from "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ." Theoretically, this could be any number of James', including a James not mentioned in the New Testament account. | | | The epistle of James is generally attributed to the brother of Jesus however there is some question concerning the authenticity of this claim. | | | The Epistle of James was written to Jewish Christians of the first century A.D. living in gentile communities outside Palestine, in an effort to expose hypocritical practices and to teach right Christian behaviour. |
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http://www.theopedia.com/Epistle_of_James
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| | The Epistle of James |
| | James would say at this point that faith was not enough, if it was not accompanied by action, that faith was dead. | | | James the Just was a Jew of Nazareth and his native language would be Aramaic, as was the custom, Hebrew would also be taught in the local school. | | | James wrote that "You see then how that by works a man is justified and not by faith only?" This would sound like the devil's advocate to Luther but James was making the point that without a changed life, your faith is dead, being by itself. |
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http://www.latter-rain.com/ltrain/jamepi.htm
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| | Epistle of James |
| | James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. | | | James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. | | | James 3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. |
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http://www.kingjamesversionofthebible.com/59-epistleofjames.html
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| | Rejection of Pascal's Wager: The Epistle of James: A Jewish Christian Document |
| | James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. | | | James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting. | | | James 1:26 If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain. |
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http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/jamesepistle.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistle of St. James |
| | James seems to have been moved to write his Epistle on witnessing that the first fervour of the Jewish Christians had grown cold, and that, owing to various causes, both external and internal, a certain spirit of discouragement had declared itself amongst them. | | | James takes for granted that those whom he addressed were well versed in the writings of the Old Testament. | | | Its later recognition in the Church, especially in the West, must be explained by the fact that it was written for Jewish Christians, and therefore not widely circulated among the Gentile Churches. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08275b.htm
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| | INTRODUCTION TO THE EPISTLE OF JAMES |
| | James the brother of John and son of Zebedee (Matthew 10:2). | | | Following that council, James was one of the three leaders in the church who commissioned Paul and Barnabas to take the gospel to the Gentiles (Galatians 2:9). | | | This James is first mentioned as coming with his mother and his other brothers to meet Jesus as He was preaching in the synagogue in Nazareth. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/nt/theology/js-intr.html
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| | The Epistle of James |
| | James was writing to a church which had grown weary and disheartened; weary because of the resistance it met everywhere, disheartened because of the persecution its faithfulness brought upon itself. | | | James is worried that Christians might take refuge in a psycho-religious inner trip as they pretend they believe the gospel with their heads -- and yet no longer do the truth with their lives. | | | And in view of the fact that James and Jesus were brothers, it isn't surprising that parallels abound between the epistle of James and the teachings of Jesus. |
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http://www.victorshepherd.on.ca/Sermons/James.htm
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| | EPISTLE OF JAMES - LoveToKnow Article on EPISTLE OF JAMES |
| | It impels the church to diligence in its work of worship, care and prayer (1318), and in the reclamation of the erring (1920). | | | Neither the attachment to the religious forms of Judaism, which we are informed was characteristic of James, nor that personal relation to the Lord which gave him his supreme distinction are indicated by so much as a single word. | | | Were we to judge by the contacts with Hebrews, Clement of Rome and Hermas and the similarity of situation evidenced in the last-named, Rome would seem the most natural place of origin. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/J/JA/JAMES_EPISTLE_OF.htm
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| | Patristic Resources For Understanding the Epistle of James |
| | James wasn't accepted by all in the early Church, though; we find one such example of the latter in the exclusion of the epistle from the Muratorian Canon. | | | Nevertheless we know that [James] also, with the rest, have been read publicly in very many churches." (It should be noted that elsewhere Eusebius calls the Epistle of James "scripture" and says that it was written by "the holy apostle"). | | | James so excelled in righteousness that he was chosen by Jesus to be the first bishop of Jerusalem. |
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http://www.holophotal.net/jamesintro.html
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| | recommended james |
| | Massey H. Shepherd, "The Epistle of James and the Gospel of Matthew.," JBL 75 (1956): 40-51. | | | David P. Scaer, James the Apostle of Faith: A Primary Christological Epistle for the Persecuted Church (Concordia), Concordia Pub. | | | James: The Wisdom of James Disciple of Jesus the Sage |
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http://www.two-age.org/recommended_works/Books/recommended%20james.htm
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| | The Epistle of James |
| | The epistle of James was written to the twelve tribes of Israel. | | | As James comes to the close of his letter, his love led him to urge everyone to seek out his fallen brother or sister and restore him to the Lord. | | | When James continued to preach Jesus as the Messiah, he caught the attention of the authorities and on the Passover of A.D. 62, he was summoned to stand at the pinnacle of the Temple and publicly repudiate Jesus. |
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http://www.sowers-wheat.com/james.htm
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| | Epistle of James |
| | James apparently was an unbeliever during the ministry of Jesus; however, a post-Resurrection appearance of Christ to him led to his conversion and ultimately being a devout leader of the early Christian Church. | | | James begins his letter by outlining some general characteristics of the Christian life (1:1-27). | | | James reproves those who trust in their own plans and possessions (4:13-5:6). |
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http://www.embracehisgrace.com/James.htm
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| | Epistle of James |
| | It is not that James necessarily knows the gospels or 1 Peter, but rather that there is a Christian parenetical tradition into which sayings ascribed to Jesus in the gospels have been taken up, although not in the form of sayings of Jesus, and of which both James and 1 Peter make use. | | | Nonetheless, there are weighty arguments against James the Lord's brother as author of the Letter of James. | | | James shows knowledge of parenetical tradition that uses sayings ascribed to Jesus in the gospels: 5:12 (compare Matt 5:36-37); 1:5, 17 (compare Matt 7:7-12); 1:22 (compare Matt 7:24-27); 4:12 (compare Matt 7:1); 1:6 (compare Mark 11:23-24). |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/james.html
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| | The Epistle of James |
| | James does mean people’s faith, primarily believing in God (2:23) but also believing in Jesus (2:1). | | | James is not opposed to faith; he presupposes it, but stresses that authentic faith must be put into action, not merely words. | | | Paul does not have the same definition of "faith" as James; for Paul, "faith" means trusting God, entrusting oneself to God's plans. |
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http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Epistles-James.htm
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| | Epistle Of James |
| | "James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting."--James 1:1. | | | It will be observed by the careful reader that this epistle, unlike any of the other apostolic epistles, is addressed, not to the Church, the sanctified in Christ Jesus, but to the twelve tribes of Israel scattered abroad. | | | (1:2,3.) So while this epistle is addressed to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, it is thus restricted to those who are also of the household of faith, who still have faith in the prophecies and who are getting their eyes open to see in Jesus the promised Messiah and Deliverer. |
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http://www.agsconsulting.com/htdbv5/r1405.htm
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| | The Epistle of James |
| | But we have seen that it is better described as a letter cast in the form of a public address, for the very good reason that the writer knew that it was in that way that it would be read, that is, in public before the Christian congregations of his day. | | | James is full of gems of religious thought. | | | James reflects no definite situation, so it is not a letter. |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/goodspeed/ch18.html
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| | Epistle of Jacob (James) |
| | James is saying that if a man’s faith shows no real evidence of it in his lifestyle, then clearly the man has not truly Believed. | | | Other than Revelation, the Epistle of James is the most misunderstood book of the New Testament because its language in places seems to dilute the teachings of Paul. | | | This is an unpopular verse with some who oppose the Faith movement, for James makes it clear that faith, or lack of it, determines whether or not a person can receive from God. |
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http://www.centralcal.com/james.htm
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| | Christology in the Epistle of James |
| | James is in the mainstream with the rest of the NT in alluding to Jesus as Judge. | | | James 2:1 probably implies that "Jesus is the presence of God manifest with His people just as the Shekinah was the divine presence dwelling in the midst of Israel in earlier days." | | | James, xxxi-cic; cf also my "The Church of Jerusalem, A.D. 30‑100. An Investigation of the Growth of Internal Factions and t he Extension of the Influence in the Larger Church." Unpublished PhD. |
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http://www.wheaton.edu/DistanceLearning/JamesChristology.htm
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| | The Epistle of James |
| | Nevertheless, he also noted that this and the other epistles were publicly used in most of the churches. | | | James, like his brothers, did not believe in the Lord Jesus during his earthly ministry (NBV). | | | It emphasizes the importance of actions along with faith, in the practice of the Christian religion. |
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http://www.innvista.com/culture/religion/bible/compare/epistle.htm
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| | Epistle of James |
| | This is an important distinction in light of the fact that this verse is one of the primary passages the Catholic Church uses to justify its doctrine of Extreme Unction. | | | This then is an epistle on holy living, with great stress laid upon works, not apart from faith, but as both the proof and the fruit of faith" (Dr. Herbert Lockyer). | | | This passage, which appears near the end of the epistle, is the only teaching James gives with regard to elders in the Lord's church. |
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http://www.zianet.com/maxey/Elders8.htm
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| | Epistle of James |
| | The Epistle of James, the first of the general letters (Catholic epistles) of the New Testament of the Bible, is an exhortation to Christian patience and obedience. | | | Some scholars, however, claim that it comes much later from the hand of another and date the book from late 1st century to early 2d century. | | | The book, more a sermon than a letter, uses 54 imperatives in 108 verses to call its readers to responsible living that accords with what they profess. |
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http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txs/james.htm
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| | The Secret Book of James |
| | Probably they rejected the doctrine of the atonement; they certainly ignored the second coming of Christ and the general resurrection, and hoped to ascend, in soul or spirit, to the kingdom of heaven, which they meanwhile felt to be within themselves. | | | The most important result of that study is the conclusion that the sayings tradition preserved in this document is independent of the canonical gospels. | | | The reporting of a special postresurrection appearance of Jesus, and the appeal to James as a source of secret and superior tradition, are means Gnostics often used to legitimate their message." |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/secretjames.html
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| | Epistle of James |
| | Omit "And" at beginning of verse, and render verses 5b and 6 'Behold, how great a matter how great a fire, the tongue, kindleth; a fire [and] a world of iniquity is the tongue among'. | | | Read "it shall be a vapour" instead of "it is a vapour". | | | Read "shew me thy faith by" instead of "shew me thy faith without". |
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http://www.bible-researcher.com/james.html
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| | The Epistle of James - Emmaus Correspondence School |
| | The purpose of the letter is not to teach doctrine so much as to help us apply the doctrine in our lives, and to show us how we should manifest the life of the risen Christ to those about us. | | | This study will challenge you to review your life and see if you are living out your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. | | | Within its five short chapters, James puts our faith to the test. |
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http://www.ecsministries.org/epistle_of_james.htm
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| | Index James |
| | Find out how James can be read from Hebrew, Greek, or Christian point of view, as a wisdom text, or as an instruction manual for spiritual wholeness. | | | Check out the significant connections between The Letter of James makes with Old and New Testament texts. | | | James seems to have different meanings when read with different frames of understanding. |
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http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/james
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| | James (New Testament Gateway: Hebrews to Jude) |
| | Barry D. Smith, “The Letter of James”, an element among the on-line course materials for The New Testament and Its Context at Atlantic Baptist University. | | | Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage (US) / UK / DE | | | Camerlynck, “Epistle of St James”, Catholic Encyclopaedia (1910) |
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http://www.ntgateway.com/hebrews/james.htm
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| | Epistle of James Sermon Series |
| | This is a series of Bible centered messages by Wil Pounds on the Epistle of James. | | | James 4:6-12 How to Draw Near to God | | | THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES More Biblical Principles on Living the Christian Live |
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http://www.abideinchrist.com/messages/jamesages.html
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| | James Outline Series: outline studies on epistle of James |
| | Such an interrogative Bible study can be used in Bible study groups to elicit discussion of this Biblical text. | | | This is a series of seventeen (17) outlines that explore the meaning of the epistle of James verse-by-verse using interrogative questions. | | | James Outline Series: outline studies on epistle of James |
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http://www.christinyou.net/pages/Jamesindx.html
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| | The General Epistle of James |
| | Jas:1:1: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. | | | Jas:5:20: Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. | | | Jas:1:2: My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; |
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http://www.papas-place.com/bible/james.htm
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| | Making Christian Culture in the Epistle of James |
| | Suddenly, then, into this early dating of Christian writings comes the prospect of ascetic, gnostic, and docetic beliefs as early as Paul's visits to Macedonia and Greece. | | | It is informative that the article does not contain information like: "In March of 54 CE while Paul was in Ephesus, he wrote the letter of 1 Corinthians, sent it with Chloe to the Corinthian church, and Chloe delivered it to them in | | | The major approach for addressing this issue has been a model of trajectories through early Christianity, introduced by James M. Robinson and Helmut Koester during the late 1960s and early 1970s (Robinson and Koester 1971). |
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http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/RELIGION/faculty/robbins/James/James341.html
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| | The General Epistle of James |
| | called in the 1611 King James Version as this book: | | | Verse: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
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http://www.colonialview.com/KJV/Jam.htm
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