The writer is wonderfully simple and direct in his greeting as compared
with Paul in Romans 1:1-7, for instance. There is no principal verb, and
the nominative absolute occurs with the infinitive, as is so common in
the letters found in the papyri. Originally a word like “sends” may have
been used also. But this short address is in perfect keeping with the
business-like character of James and the pointed, pungent tone of the
epistle.