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The author of this letter introduces himself as "James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ". Four men in the New Testament bore this
name but the writer of this Epistle is usually identified with James who was the leader of the believers in Jerusalem. The letter is addressed to the "the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad", and is
therefore the most Jewish in style and form of any of the New Testament books. The letter is a very practical document dealing with Christian ethics. James insists that works as well as words (or faith) are the
marks of a true disciple.
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