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    James

    JAYMZ

    Meaning

    Supplanter; He who follows

    Hebrew (Jacob) origin · Boy · First in Matthew

    What it points to

    James reminds us that authentic faith produces visible fruit. His call to be 'doers of the word, and not hearers only' challenges every believer to live out their convictions.

    Verses · King James Version

    “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”

    James 2:26

    “And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.”

    Acts 12:2

    Most used in the 1940s (US records)

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