James 1:2
Consider it all simcha, my Achim b'Moshiach, whenever you fall into various nisayonos (tests, trials),
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Ashrey are the ones being persecuted because of TZIDKAT Hashem + 5:10 Dan 9:24 (righteousness of Hashem), for theirs is the Malchut HaShomayim.
Acts 5:41Therefore Moshiachʼs Shluchim were going rejoicing from the presence of the Sanhedrin, that they were considered worthy to suffer shame for ha-Shem (the Name).
Romans 8:35Who will separate us from the Ahavas Moshiach (love of Moshiach)? Tzoros (affliction, trouble), or distress, or redifot (persecutions), or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or cherev + 8:35 13:4 (sword)?
Philippians 1:29For to you it was given on behalf of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, not only to have emunah in him but also on behalf of him to be laden with the burden of Messianic yissurim + 1:29 Pp 3:10 (sufferings),
Philippians 2:18And in the same way also you have simcha, rejoicing together with me. + 2:18 1:4,18; 1:25; 2:2,17
Hebrews 10:34For you showed Gemilut Chasadim for the Achim b'Moshiach in the beis hasohar and with simcha you accepted the pogrom-like confiscation of your property because you have da'as that you possess a better and more enduring yerushah (inheritance).
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 →