James 1:2
Verse 2 of 27. The 1st of 5 chapters in James, in The General Letters.
1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James 1:2 in the World English Bible
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,Read James 1:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on James 1:2
One Christian grace to be exercised is joy: Count it all joy, v. 2. We must not sink into a sad and disconsolate frame of mind, which would make us faint under our trials; but must endeavour to keep our spirits dilated and enlarged, the better to take in a true sense of our case, and with greater advantage to set ourselves to make the best of it.
Read Matthew Henry on James 1:2–12: Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. (a. d. 61.)
Pray James 1:2 with someone reading it aloud.
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