James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.
Acts 5:41They therefore went their way from [the] presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Philippians 1:29because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also,
Philippians 2:18In like manner do *ye* also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
Hebrews 10:34For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.
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 →