Integrity Journal of Arts and Humanities

James, in his epistles, stresses how Christians should act; as a result, some great scholars such as Luther thought that James was teaching salvation by works. This supposed conflict with Paul’s teaching that salvation was by faith led Luther and other scholars to question the authenticity of the Epistles of James. This is also reflected in the argument posited by some contemporary scholars that the theology of the cross in the Pauline epistles contradicts the teachings in the epistles of James. This work juxtaposes the theology of the cross in the Epistles of James and some selected Pauline epistles, such as Romans 8:13-39, 2 Corinthians 5:14-19, and Philippians 2:5-11. The work adopted theological and contextual approaches, and data were gathered from secondary sources such as books, dictionaries, commentaries, Greek lexicon and the internet. This study found out that the Epistles of James was also divinely inspired, just like Pauline epistles, which authenticate its place in the New Testament Canon. It also discovered that there is no contradictions in the theories on cross theology between the Pauline Epistles and the Epistle of James. The study concluded that the writings of James and Paul complement each other marvelously on the theology of the cross, especially on its basic themes. It is recommended that the selected Pauline epistles and the epistle of James, which is a general epistle, are suitable for doctrinal foundations and formulations for the contemporary church, especially on the theology of the cross.