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.
અનાથ અને વિધવાઓના ઉલ્લેખ ઉપરાંત યાકૂબે ગરીબ અને અતિશય જરૂરિયાતમાં આવી પડેલી વ્યક્તિઓ માટે પણ ઊંડો રસ બતાવ્યો.