James 1:2
My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,
Montgomery New Testament
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 is working out endurance.
Cross References
Matthew 5:10"Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 5:41So they left Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the Name;
Romans 8:35What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Philippians 1:29For it has been granted you in Christ’s behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,
Philippians 2:18I will rejoice and congratulate you all; and in the same way you must rejoice and congratulate me.
Hebrews 10:34For you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you did take joyfully the confiscation of your goods; conscious that you had for yourselves greater, even lasting possessions.
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 →