James 1:2
Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
3knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 5:41And they departed from the presence of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer disgrace for his name.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Philippians 1:29For to you it is granted as a favor from Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for his sake:
Philippians 2:18And for the same cause do ye also rejoice, and congratulate with me.
Hebrews 10:34for ye sympathized with me in my bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven 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 →