James 1:2

My brethren, count it all joy — Which is the highest degree of patience, and contains all the rest. When ye fall into divers temptations — That is, trials.

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Albert 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 w...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(1) My brethren, (c) count it all joy (2) when ye fall into divers temptations; (1) The first place or part concerning comfort in afflictions, in wh...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The paragraph, like its successors, has no special link with its context: it is the writer's habit to throw out a series of aphoristic comments on to...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fall . Greek. peripipto. See Acts 27:41 . temptations . trials. Compare Luke 22:28 ; Acts 20:19 . 1Pe 1:6. 1 Peter 4:12 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 All joy. The first exhortation is, to bear trials with a cheerful mind. And it was especially necessary at that time to comfort the Jews, a...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2352 THE DUTY OF PATIENCE James 1:2-4 . My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the tr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Count it all joy - The word πειρασμος, which we translate temptation, signifies a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Count it all joy— Under the law, great temporal blessings were promised to the people of God as long as they continued obedient, and terrible affli...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; My brethren - often in James, marking community of nation and of faith....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Power of Faith Under Temptation 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Mas...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Temptations ] better, 'trials' (from without). Trials, rightly borne, bring joy. The Christian is bidden to pray 'lead us not into temptation' (= tr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. — Better, Account it all joy whenever ye fall into divers temptations — i.e., trials; bu...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play upon the word which we translate “greeting” (“rejoice,” James 1:1 ; “count it...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 4 THE PERSONS ADDRESSED IN THE EPISTLE: THE JEWS OF THE DISPERSION. "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 THE RELATION OF THIS EPISTLE TO THE WRITINGS OF ST. PAUL AND OF ST. PETER - THE DATE OF THE EPISTLE - THE DOCTRINE OF JOY IN TEMPTATION....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Steadfast Faith James 1:1-11 This Epistle is marked by the austere features of the Jerusalem church, which refused to be affected by that wider...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, la...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; (3) Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. (4) But let pat...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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, b...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Count it all joy That is, matter of the greatest joy; when ye fall into divers temptations Πειρασμοις, trials; for though rendered temptations...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as the cente...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. A. D. 61....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My brethren; both as being of the same nation and the same religion; so he calls them, that the kindness of his compellation might sweeten his exho...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Count it all joy, my brothers, whenever you find yourself involved with many kinds of temptations,' James begins by calling on all Christians (‘my...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Testing Produces Patient Endurance Which Finally Results In Being Made Perfect ( James 1:2-4 ). In these words that follow James sums up the essen...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 1:2 . Temptations. —As so often in the New Testament, trials which take the form of suffering, and serve the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. «Where are the lost...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. The apostle James ev...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. According to the tea...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 1:1 . James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He does not style himself an apostle, because he would not assume any superio...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 1:1 SALUTATION . James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. (On the person who thus describes himself, see...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Temptation and prayer:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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² My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;a

Related Commentaries of James 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:2