I've been mulling over and praying about this passage...it is an interesting one as it spurs much debate.
Because where Paul in his letter talks about justification through faith alone, James seems to be speaking about faith AND works.
Example being the well known verse: "v26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
AND
v22 "Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?"
Some say James is writing TO the Jews, who being set apart, were still under law in part if not in full.
Others say this is still the same message, just spoken to the Jew so they understand it better - as they WERE under the law.
One thing for sure...it was not written TO the gentile, which begs another quetion: if isn't TO the gentile, is it still FOR the gentile?
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