James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3knowing that the proof of your faith produceth patience.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for their’s is the kingdom in heaven.
Acts 5:41Then they went rejoicing from the presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name’s sake, they had been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
Philippians 1:29For this favour on the part of Christ is granted you, not only that ye should believe on him, but also that ye should suffer for his sake;
Philippians 2:18In like manner do ye also joy and rejoice with me.
Hebrews 10:34For ye have been fellow-sufferers with my bonds, and received with joy the plundering of your properties, knowing in yourselves that you have in the heavens a better substance, and permanent.
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 →