James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
Acts 5:41Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Philippians 1:29because the blessing is conferred on you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but indeed to suffer for him:
Philippians 2:18but you also rejoice in this same thing, and rejoice along with me.
Hebrews 10:34For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession.
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 →