James 1:2“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”
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James 1:2
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;” — read online, free, in the King James Version.
“Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations” — James' startling command about trials.
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What does James 1:2 mean?
James tells suffering believers to consider trials pure joy, because “the trying of your faith worketh patience”. It is the New Testament's most counter-intuitive teaching on hardship — joy not because suffering is good, but because of what it produces.
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This is the King James Version (1611) — the classic English translation, in the public domain and free to read and quote.
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