James 1:1

James 1:1. The greeting is in one of the ordinary forms with which public or private letters open (cf. Acts 15:23). Like his brother Judas (Jude 1:1), James calls himself servant of. Jesus Christ: he would no longer claim a brother's relation, except what all shared (Mark 3:35). On our theory we might easily conjecture that James wrote simply servant of God, the additional words being a very early adaptation to overtly Christian use. The Twelve Tribes settled in foreign lands retain their ideal completeness (Acts 26:7; Matthew 19:28; Revelation 7:4 ff; Revelation 21:12), though but few (cf. Luke 2:36) could trace their descent to the Lost Ten. God was able of the stones to raise up children to Israel.