James 1:2
My brethren count it excedynge ioye when ye faule into divers temptacions
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3for as moche as ye knowe how that the tryinge of youre fayth bringeth pacience: and let pacience
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they which suffre persecucion for rightwesnes sake: for theirs ys the kyngdome of heuen.
Acts 5:41And they departed from the counsell reioysynge that they were counted worthy to soffre rebuke for his name.
Romans 8:35Who shall seperate vs from the love of god? shall tribulacion? or anguysshe? or persecucion? other honger? other nakednesse? other parell? other swearde?
Philippians 1:29For vnto you it is geven that not only ye shulde beleve on Christ: but also suffre for his sake
Philippians 2:18For the same cause also reioyce ye and reioyce ye with me.
Hebrews 10:34For ye suffered also with my bondes and toke a worth the spoylynge of youre goodes and that with gladnes knowynge in youre selves how that ye had in heven a better and an endurynge substaunce
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 →