How To Count It All Joy

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James: An Introduction and Commentary 1. Address and Salutation (1:1)

The author of the letter introduces himself simply as James, or ‘Jacob’ (Gk. Iakōbos; Heb. yāʿǎq̱ōb; our English ‘James’ is derived from the Italian ‘Giacomo’). The simplicity of the identification points to the well-known ‘James the Just’, half-brother of the Lord (Gal. 1:19) and leader of the early Jerusalem church (cf. Acts 12:17; 15:13–21; 21:18–25

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