With keen interest in the welfare of such ones, the disciple James wrote: “The form of worship that is clean and undefiled from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep oneself without spot from the world. ” ​ — James 1: 27.
अनाथ आणि विधवांचा उल्लेख करण्याव्यतिरिक्‍त याकोबाने गरीब आणि निराधार असलेल्यांसाठी देखील चिंता व्यक्‍त केली.