Ebionise

— If it be asked what is the one predominant thought in the Epistle, its one idea and motive, the answer seems to be neither (as some have supposed) the blessedness of enduring temptation — thought this is very prominent in it; nor a polemic against mistaken impressions respecting justification by faith, though that occupies an important section; nor an Ebionising exaltation of the poor over the rich, though the rich are sternly warned ; nor a contrast between the friendship of the world and the enmity of God.