James writes to scattered Jewish believers with an insistence that genuine faith shows itself. This volume follows his treatment of trials and the wisdom to be sought in them, hearing and doing the word, the sin of favoring the rich, the famous argument that faith without works is dead, the untamed tongue, the two kinds of wisdom, worldliness and presumption, and the prayer of the righteous.

Each volume in the MacArthur New Testament Commentary works verse by verse through the Greek text, explains the passage in its context, and presents its theology with precision, in the service of expository preaching rather than academic debate. The series is written for pastors preparing sermons, teachers preparing lessons, and any believer willing to study carefully, and it is the fruit of more than five decades of pulpit ministry at Grace Community Church.