² Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, to prove what is the good, acceptable and perfect Will of God.

James understood that God's Word begins with faith, but we are to prove that our faith in more than just words, but is a genuine Faith that can be seen by our actions of goodness, where in our spoken faith is made Perfect IN the Lord Christ Jesus.

James 4 verse 20 But will you not know O vain man, that faith without works is dead? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so then faith is also dead without the proving works of God's Spirit of LIFE.

³ For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

The false teachers in the ignorance of the deadness of their flesh, justify lawlessness with a partial interpretation of the scripture: “Christ is the end of the Law”.  The confused teachers that speak of law, fail to follow through with the complete understanding of Scripture written in transliterated English:  For Christ is the end [point or goal] of the Law [meaning the 10 warning Commandments] for Righteousness, to every one that believes [IN Christ Jesus]. ^{(Romans 10 verse 4.)} And this is the Name where by He shall be called "The Lord our Righteousness". ^{(Jeremiah 23 verse 6.)}

The heretics are implying with their false reasoning that the moral law is done away with, and they can continue unabated with their sin and non-compliance with the True Law of God that embraces the Love of God IN Christ Jesus.  Let them alone, Says the Lord, they are blind leaders of the blind.  And if the blind lead the blind, then both [unbelievers] shall fall into the ditch. ^{(Matthew 15 verse 14.)}

These teachers of the way of perdition, fail to respond properly to the TRUTH at the end of the verse, which says “for Righteousness, to every one that believes". For the righteousness of mankind is impossible to achieve on our own endeavors: For True Righteousness is possible only through God's Gift of Faith IN the Man Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and the innocent Lamb and His death for our sins.  All Righteousness was fulfilled when Yahweh God raised to LIFE, the Holy One, the Lord our Righteousness.  It is written to for the believer's sake: Be you Holy; for I AM Holy. ^{(1st Peter 1 verse 13 thru 19, Leviticus 19 verse 2.)} For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. ^{(Matthew 5 verse 17 thru 22.)} The righteousness of all believers is a Gift of God that is not to be spoiled with our own idolatrous conceits.  We are totally dependent upon the Righteousness of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Christ the Stumbling Stone and Rock of Offence

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, then let us lay aside every weight of the sin which does so easily weighs us down, and let us run with patience, the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our Faith: Who for the joy that was set before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame of sin and is set down at the Right Hand of the Throne of God's Grace. ^{(See Hebrews 12 verse 1 thru 2.)}

The expressive Greek translated words of Paul into that of English are 14th century transliterated words that can be distorted and misconstrued, to falsely imply that God’s Torah containing the 10 Commandments is no longer to be regarded. The Wisdom in the Torah of God has not passed away, for God's TRUTH IN Christ Jesus shall in no wise pass away until all things, in the flow of time, take place.  The case for absolute Righteousness to be attained through the Torah, never existed, except in the eyes of the Jews, who thought to justify themselves through a wrong understanding of God's Covenant of Righteousness with them. Because  they sought it [righteousness] not by faith, but, as it were, by the works of the Torah.  The English word 'Law' does not work in every case of the TRUTH of the Word of God. For The Lord is well pleased for His Righteousness' Sake; He will magnify the law [absolutely the law is the Torah], and make it honorable. ^{(Isaiah 42 verse 20 thru 22.)} In all of the 50 plus English translations of Scripture, not once is the word 'Torah' proclaimed in the English interpretation of Scriptures, but only the English word 'law' is inserted over 460 times as seen in the English King James Version of the Bible.

Thus Says God the Lord, He that created the heavens, and stretched them out: He that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it: He that gives breath unto the people upon it, the Spirit to them that walk therein: I the Lord have called You [the Lamb of God] IN Righteousness, and will hold Your Hand [the Holy One], and will keep You [Messiah], and give You [Jesus Christ] for a Covenant for the people [Israel], and for a Light for the Gentiles. ^{(Isaiah 42 verse 5 thru 6.)}

Who among you will give ear to this? Who will hearken and hear for the time to come? ^{(Isaiah 42 verse 23.)}

The instructive Torah was given by Yahweh God to Israel through Moses, and the 10 Commandments known in English as Law, were for quarantining measures, to prevent the devastating results of sin that is terminal in the nature of mankind.  God's faith given to Abraham, caused him to understand that through his genetic seed, and that of his family, would come forth the Savoir of mankind through the genetic seed of the first Woman (Ishshah) of God's creation of Man, male and female.  The beginnings of Faith in God preceded the Law of Commandments, but in the end, the stop signs of the Decalogue are all broken in the first Commandment: For you shall not have any god's before ME. Therefore, in our self idolatry, the warning law of Commandments concludes that all of mankind are self made little god's, and are guilty of  sin and death, for in breaking the first Commandment, man kind condemns themselves, for all have fallen infinitely short of the glory and excellence of Yahweh God.  We have all failed to have a perfect love and trusting obedience to our Holy Creator.  Sin loves its self, and we all have living within us, the nature of sin and death through our earthly inheritance from Adam.  But the Righteousness of Yahweh God has provided the WAY of Righteousness in our Faith in His Only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. 

⁴ For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

⁵ So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Faith in the Communion Body and the Perfect LIFE of Christ in His Blood, brings Christ's people together as one IN the LIFE of the Spirit of Christ Jesus.

⁶ Having then Gifts differing according to God's Grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

While the  warnings of the 10 commandments do not come into play unless they are broken revealing death, the following message of Paul exhorts the people of what the works of faith can do to help avoid the condemnation of sin.

⁷ Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching;

⁸ Or he that exhorts on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

¹⁰ Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another;

¹¹ Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

¹² Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

¹³ Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

¹⁴ Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

¹⁵ Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

¹⁶ Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

¹⁷ Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.

¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto anger: For it is written, Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.

²⁰ Therefore if your enemy hunger, then feed him: If he thirst, then give him drink: For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

When failure comes to the forefront of our minds then the Eternal Message of God is there to provide the ultimate good of the works of Faith in the Word of God.  Take and drink all of you, for This IS My Blood of the New Covenant shed for many for the remission of sin. The English  word "IS", is transliterated from the Greek Word "Este"  having the meaning of "To Be" or "I AM". Understand this nuance, for the BLOOD of Jesus Christ is the LIFE of His Father Yahweh God, and the LIFE is the I AM that I AM.