James 1:2

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

In Context

1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

3Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:10Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

Acts 5:41So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

Romans 8:35Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

Philippians 1:29Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

Philippians 2:18And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

Hebrews 10:34For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

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 →

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