James 1:2
My brethren, deem ye (it) all joy, when ye fall into diverse temptations, (My brothers, judge it to be most joyful, when ye undergo different tests,)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:10Blessed be they that suffer persecution for rightwiseness, for the kingdom of heavens is theirs [or for the kingdom of heaven is theirs].
Acts 5:41And they went joying from the sight of the council, that they were had worthy to suffer despising for the name of Jesus.
Romans 8:35Who then shall part us from the charity of Christ? (or What then shall separate us from the love of the Messiah?) tribulation, or anguish, or hunger, or nakedness, or persecution, or peril, or (the) sword?
Philippians 1:29For it is given to you for Christ (or For it is given to you for the Messiah), that not only ye believe in him, but also that ye suffer for him;
Philippians 2:18And for the same thing have ye joy, and [together] thank ye me.
Hebrews 10:34For also to bound men ye had compassion, and ye received with joy the robbing of your goods, knowing that ye have a better and a dwelling 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 →