The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:2-4
The value of temptation. Considered as an opportunity , it is a cause for joy. read more
James 1:2-3 Kjv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:2-4
Temptation as cause for joy. What a reversal of the ordinary view, which regards trial and temptation as an unwelcome visitation! Prosperity is the blessing of the old covenant, adversity is the blessing of the new. Temptations should be regarded, not only as probations , i.e. as testing what we are, but as designed also for moral discipline and improvement. The character that has never been tried may be innocent, but it is liable to be crushed. It is lacking in the strength and... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:2-4
The strange paradox. He has given them "greeting" ( James 1:1 ), or, literally, wished them "joy." Was this a hitter irony? For in what condition were they? Persecuted, as Jews and especially as Christian Jews; oppressed, the poorer by the richer; and all, in the common heritage of human woe, afflicted in a hundred ways. And does he wish "joy" to these? Yes, even so. And, as though surmising the question, he goes on to insist yet more emphatically on the "greeting" which he has given.... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:2-18
THE SUBJECT OF TEMPTATION . This section may be subdivided as follows:— read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:3
Patience . υπομονή in general is patience with regard to things , μακροθυμία is rather long-suffering with regard to persons . read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 1:2
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... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - James 1:3
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience - Patience is one of the fruits of such a trial, and the grace of patience is worth the trial which it may cost to procure it. This is one of the passages which show that James was acquainted with the writings of Paul. See the Introduction, Section 5. The sentiment expressed here is found in Romans 5:3. See the notes at that verse. Paul has carried the sentiment out farther, and shows that tribulation produces other effects than... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 1:2-4
James 1:2-4. Count it all joy That is, matter of the greatest joy; when ye fall into divers temptations Πειρασμοις , trials; for though rendered temptations, it does not signify here what is commonly meant by temptations, for these we are directed to pray against, but it denotes trials by affliction and persecution. To these God, by whose providence they come, exposes men, not to lead them into sin, but to afford them an opportunity of exercising and improving their graces and... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 1:1-18
1:1-18 LIFE’S TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIESJames’ readers are scattered over the area of the early church’s expansion (1:1), but no matter where they live, they share the same responsibilities as Christians everywhere. One of these responsibilities requires them to do something that by nature is very difficult, namely, face the trials of life with joy. This joy comes through the knowledge that trials help believers to develop endurance and so strengthen their Christian character (2-4).When faced with... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - James 1:2
My brethren . A favorite expression with St. James, occurring no less than fifteen times in the compass of this short Epistle. Count it all joy , etc.; cf. 1 Peter 1:6 , "Wherein ye greatly rejoice , though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold temptations , that the proof of your faith ( τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως ) … might be found unto praise," etc. The coincidence is too close to be accidental, although the shade of meaning... read more