James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations;
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 5:41And they indeed went from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus.
Romans 8:35Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or distress? or famine? or nakedness? or danger? or persecution? or the sword?
Philippians 1:29For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
Philippians 2:18And for the selfsame thing do you also rejoice, and congratulate with me.
Hebrews 10:34For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance.
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 →