Implanting “the Word” changes lifestyle
After making his comments concerning controlling our anger, James makes a proverbial statement about one’s lifestyle displaying the righteousness of God. He states that for someone to save their soul they must put aside one lifestyle and receive with humility the Word of God (James 1:21).
James is reminding his “beloved brethren” that a person must be willing to give up (or put away) their lifestyle of “filthiness” and “wickedness” and be willing to submit to “the Word” of G