[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***The Epistle of James should not be listed with the canonical books of the New Testament.***

The answer is simple.

Paul was writing to the Gentile believers as he was the Apostlt to the Gentiles.

James was writing “To the twelve tribes scattered abroad”. As on can see at the Jerusalem meeting between James and Paul, James still wanted the Jewish believers to keep the LAW of MOSES while Paul’s Gentile believers were free from that LAW.

You can’t mix Law and Grace. You can’t mix James and Paul.

[Campion]

So, you mean (a) James isn't really inspired Scripture; or (b) the Holy Spirit can't make up his mind, and gives one set of rules to Paul (for the Gentiles) and a different set to James (for Jewish converts) -- although a big part of Romans is devoted precisely to teaching that Gentiles and Jews are saved on exactly the same basic, so that can't really be right, either.

When 2 Tm 3:16 says, All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work., does that include the Epistle of James?