James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you experience various trials,
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 5:41So the apostles went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
Romans 8:35Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Philippians 1:29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
Philippians 2:18In the same way you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Hebrews 10:34For you sympathized with me when I was in prison, and you accepted the plundering of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession in heaven.
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 →