James 1:2
My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience,
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
Acts 5:41So they departed from the Councill, reioycing, that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his Name.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ? shall tribulation or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakednesse, or perill, or sworde?
Philippians 1:29For vnto you it is giuen for Christ, that not onely ye should beleeue in him, but also suffer for his sake,
Philippians 2:18For the same cause also be ye glad, and reioyce with me.
Hebrews 10:34For both ye sorowed with mee for my bonds, and suffered with ioy the spoyling of your goods, knowing in your selues howe that ye haue in heauen 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 →