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James 1:2
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Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
My brethren, count it exceeding ioy, when ye fall into diuers tentations,
Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials,
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
My brothers and sisters, you will have many kinds of trouble. But this gives you a reason to be very happy.
Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
My friends, be glad, even if you have a lot of trouble.
Regard it all as joy, my brothers, when you face various kinds of temptations;
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,Matthew 5:12; Acts 5:41; Hebrews 10:34; 1 Peter 1:6;">[xr]
All joy shall be to you, my brethren, when you shall have entered into temptations many and various.
Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials.
My brethren, count it all ioy when ye fall into diuers temptations,
My brethren, count it all ioy whe ye fall into diuers temptations:
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
Consider it all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,
My brothers count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,
My brothers and sisters, when you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy,
My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy,
All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, -
My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations:
MY brethren, take it as a joy to you when you enter into many and divers temptations;
My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way,
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
My brethren, count it all joy, when ye fall into divers temptations, Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials.
My britheren, deme ye al ioye, whanne ye fallen in to diuerse temptaciouns, witynge,
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,
My brethren count it excedynge ioye when ye faule into divers teptacions
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into manifold temptations;
All joy count [it], my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
My brethren, counte it exceadynge ioye whe ye fall in to diuers temptacions,
Consider the various tryals that surround you, my brethren, as matter of great joy; knowing this,
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
My Christian brothers, you should be happy when you have all kinds of tests.
Listen up cowboys, don't sweat it when you go through the rough and rank patches of life. Shoot, you ought to be glad you go through them because it's these things that'll sure enough make a man out of ya. These times will knock the quit right out of ya and your
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
count: James 1:12, Matthew 5:10-12, Luke 6:22, Luke 6:23, Acts 5:41, Romans 8:17, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:35-37, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Philippians 1:29, Philippians 2:17, Colossians 1:24, Hebrews 10:34, 1 Peter 4:13-16
divers: Hebrews 11:36-38, 1 Peter 1:6-8, 2 Peter 2:9, Revelation 2:10
Reciprocal: Judges 14:14 - Out of the eater 1 Kings 17:17 - the son of the woman Job 23:10 - he hath Proverbs 18:14 - spirit Proverbs 27:17 - so Proverbs 29:6 - but Ecclesiastes 7:3 - by Daniel 11:35 - to try Habakkuk 3:18 - I will rejoice Matthew 5:12 - Rejoice Mark 10:30 - with persecutions Luke 6:21 - ye that weep John 16:20 - your Acts 13:52 - were Acts 16:25 - sang Acts 20:19 - temptations Romans 5:3 - but we 2 Corinthians 1:7 - as ye 2 Corinthians 4:8 - yet 2 Corinthians 6:10 - sorrowful 2 Corinthians 7:4 - I am filled Philippians 2:18 - do Philippians 3:1 - rejoice Philippians 4:4 - alway Colossians 1:11 - unto Hebrews 11:17 - when James 1:13 - no man 1 Peter 4:16 - but Revelation 13:10 - Here
Cross-References
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord ; and there is none else.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My brethren,.... Not only according to the flesh, he being a Jew as they were; but in a spiritual sense, they being born again of the same grace, belonging to the same family and household of faith, and having the same Father, and being all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus:
count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; not the temptations of Satan, or temptations to sin; for these cannot be matter of joy, but grief; these are fiery darts, and give a great deal of uneasiness and trouble; but afflictions and persecutions for the sake of the Gospel, which are so called here and elsewhere, because they are trials of the faith of God's people, and of other graces of the Spirit of God. God by these tempts his people, as he did Abraham, when he called him to sacrifice his son; he thereby tried his faith, fear, love, and obedience; so by afflictions, God tries the graces of his people; not that he might know them, for he is not ignorant of them, but that they might be made manifest to others; and these are "divers": many are the afflictions of the righteous; through much tribulation they must enter the kingdom; it is a great fight of afflictions which they endure, as these believers did; their trials came from different quarters; they were persecuted by their countrymen the Jews, and were distressed by the Gentiles, among whom they lived; and their indignities and reproaches were many; and their sufferings of different sorts, as confiscation of goods, imprisonment of body, banishment, scourgings, and death in various shapes: and these they "fall" into; not by chance, nor altogether at an unawares, or unexpectedly; but they fell into them through the wickedness and malice of their enemies, and did not bring them upon themselves through any crime or enormity they were guilty of: and when this was their case, the apostle exhorts them to count it all joy, or matter of joy, of exceeding great joy, even of the greatest joy; not that these afflictions were joyous in themselves, but in their circumstances, effects, and consequences; as they tried, and exercised, and improved the graces of the Spirit, and worked for their good, spiritual and eternal, and produced in them the peaceable fruit of righteousness; and as they were attended with the presence and Spirit of God, and of glory; and as they made for, and issued in the glory of God; and because of that great reward in heaven which would follow them; see Matthew 5:11. The Jews have a saying g,
"whoever rejoices in afflictions that come upon him, brings salvation to the world.''
g T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 8. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My brethren - Not brethren as Jews, but as Christians. Compare James 2:1.
Count it all joy - Regard it as a thing to rejoice in; a matter which should afford you happiness. You are not to consider it as a punishment, a curse, or a calamity, but as a fit subject of felicitation. Compare the notes at Matthew 5:12.
When ye fall into divers temptations - Oh the meaning of the word “temptations,” see the notes at Matthew 4:1. It is now commonly used in the sense of placing allurements before others to induce them to sin, and in this sense the word seems to be used in James 1:13-14 of this chapter. Here, however, the word is used in the sense of trials, to wit, by persecution, poverty, calamity of any kind. These cannot be said to be direct inducements or allurements to sin, but they try the faith, and they show whether he who is tried is disposed to adhere to his faith in God, or whether he will apostatize. They so far coincide with temptations, properly so called, as to test the religion of men. They differ from temptations, properly so called, in that they are not brought before the mind for the express purpose of inducing people to sin. In this sense it is true that God never tempts men, James 1:13-14. On the sentiment in the passage before us, see the notes at 1 Peter 1:6-7. The word “divers” here refers to the various kinds of trials which they might experience - sickness, poverty, bereavement, persecution, etc. They were to count it a matter of joy that their religion was subjected to anything that tried it. It is well for us to have the reality of our religion tested, in whatever way it may be done.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse James 1:2. Count it all joy — The word πειρασμος, which we translate temptation, signifies affliction, persecution, or trial of any kind; and in this sense it is used here, not intending diabolic suggestion, or what is generally understood by the word temptation.
