In the letter of James, James seems to borrow from Paul’s introduction-tradition to identify himself as a bond-servant or slave of Jesus Christ. Historically bond-servants were higly valued by their owners, like gold in some cases. And even so valued, at times, they were known to be unwilling to lift even one goldfinger on behalf of their owners. Philemon is one such example of a slave who wanted to keep his service to his master secret and he ran away. However, James Bond-