James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 patience.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 5:41They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Philippians 1:29Because to you it was granted in behalf of Christ,--not only to believe on him,--but in his behalf to suffer also;
Philippians 2:18For the same cause[2:18], do ye also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
Hebrews 10:34For ye sympathized with those in bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and an enduring 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 →