¹⁶ Barava important kaonsel bilong James hem for kamap pipol wea obeyim word and no herem nomoa, for pruvim faith thru long olketa raeteous waka, for tingim olsem hapi samting taem iumi kasem difren kaen test, gohed for askem God for wisdom, evritaem kam klosap long God thru long prea, and for followim law bilong king, “Iu mas lovem neiba bilong iu olsem iuseleva.” (Jas. 1:22; 2:24; 1:2, 5; 4:8; 5:13-18; 2:8) Hem givim strongfala warning againstim rong teaching, for iusim tongue long nogud wei, for favorim eniwan long kongregeson, barava wantem samting wea body laekem, and for trustim olketa rich samting wea bae finis. (3:1, 8; 2:4; 4:3; 5:1, 5) James tok stret hao wei for fren witim world hem olsem iumi duim adultery long spiritual wei and kamap enemy bilong God, and hem minim gudfala wei for worship wea klin front long eye bilong God: “for lukaftarem olketa pikinini wea no garem dadi and mami and olketa widow woman wea kasem hardfala taem, and for stap klin from world.” (4:4; 1:27) Kaonsel hia hem gud and isi for minim, and samting wea fit for kam from wanfala “post” bilong Christian kongregeson bifor. (Gal. 2:9) Kaenfala message bilong hem gohed for leadim olketa Christian long hardfala taem distaem, from hem “wisdom from antap,” wea mekem grow “frut bilong raeteous fasin.”—3:17, 18.

⁴ Wea nao hem raetem Wan Peter? Nomata olketa savveman bilong Bible agree abaotem wei wea disfala buk hem tru part bilong Bible, abaotem man wea raetem and taem wea hem raetem, olketa garem difren tingting long wea nao hem raetem disfala leta. From toktok bilong Peter seleva, hem raetem leta hia taem hem long Babylon. (1 Pet. 5:13) Bat samfala sei hem raet from Rome, and “Babylon” hem nara secret nem for Rome. Bat, no eni pruv sapotim disfala idea. Bible nating talemaot hao Babylon barava minim Rome. From Peter raetem leta for olketa long really ples olsem Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, hem stret for sei taem hem story abaotem Babylon hem minim really Babylon. (1:1) Peter garem gudfala reason for stap long Babylon. Hem garem waka for talemaot ‘gud nius for olketa wea circumcise,’ and long datfala taem plande Jew stap long Babylon. (Gal. 2:8, 9) Taem Encyclopaedia Judaica storyim wei wea olketa waka Talmud bilong Babylon, hem tok abaotem olketa “skul bilong [Jew religion] long Babylon” long Common Era.c