James was an eminently practical Christian who could not conceive of a merely theoretical faith. He probably would have listened with delight to the words of an old and wise preacher of the Gospel, who declared in one of his sermons, “My brethren, there are two sides to the Gospel: the believing side and the behaving side.” One could think of this Epistle as an essay on that theme; or, if one preferred, as a sermon from the text of Psalm 101:2, “I will behave myself.” Yes, the title seems to sum it up.
