יעקב 1:2

Delitzsche Hebrew New Testament

אַךְ לְשִׂמְחָה חִשְׁבוּ לָכֶם אֶחָי כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּבֹאוּ בְּנִסְיֹנוֹת שׁוֹנִים׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Modern Translation
אך לשמחה חשבו לכם אחי כאשר תבאו בנסינות שונים׃

Bible Verse Review
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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

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.