James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 5:41Then, they went from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were thought worthy to suffer shame for his name’s sake.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? Shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
Philippians 1:29For to you it is given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but, also, to suffer for him,
Philippians 2:18In like manner do you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
Hebrews 10:34For you sympathized with me in my bonds, and endured joyfully the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens.
Matthew Henry on James 1:2
ames The writer of this epistle was not James the son of Zebedee; for he was put to death by Herod ( Acts xii. ) before Christianity had gained so much ground among the Jews of the dispersion as is here implied. But it was the other James, the son of Alpheus, who was cousin-german to Christ, and one of the twelve apostles, Matt. x. 3 . He is called a pillar ( Gal. ii. 9 ), and this epistle of his cannot be disputed, without loosening a foundation-stone. It is called a general epistle, because (as some think) not… Read the whole commentary →