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 # General Information:
 
-As these were Jewish believers, James reminds them to pray by recalling one of the prophets of old and that prophet's practical prayers.
+As these are Jewish believers, James reminds them to pray by recalling one of the prophets of old and that prophet's practical prayers.
 
 # So confess your sins