We still have what scholars generally accept to be one of his letters to the early Church. Like Paul, James willingly suffered and died for his testimony, a fact which attests to the sincerity of his belief (see The Book of Acts and Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews XX, ix, 1).
Kama Paulo, Yakobo kwa hiari aliteswa hadi akafa kwa ajili ya ushahidi wake, ukweli ambao washuhudia uaminifu wa imani yake (angalia kitabu cha Matendo Ya Mitume na Josephus ' Mambo ya Kale ya Wayahudi XX, ix, 1).