James 1:2-3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 1:2

fall . Greek. peripipto. See Acts 27:41 . temptations = trials. Compare Luke 22:28 . Acts 20:19 . 1Pe 1:6 ; 1 Peter 4:12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 1:3

Knowing . App-132 . trying = testing. Gr dokimion. Only here and 1 Peter 1:7 . faith . App-150 . Read, "your tested faith". patience . Compare Romans 5:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;Count it all joy ... Did not Christ say, "Blessed are ye when men shall persecute you ... rejoice and be exceeding glad"? (Matthew 5:11,12). This is exactly the thought of James here.Manifold temptations ... Although the same word is used in James 1:12, below, it is the inner propensity toward evil that is meant there, outward trials and hardships being the thing in focus here. Wessel stated that "The word [@pietrasmos]... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 1:3

... knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.This and the following verse (James 1:4) give the theme of the whole letter, which may be variously expressed as "The Testing of Faith," or "Christian Perfection."The proving of your faith ... This would be better translated if rendered "the testing" of your faith.[12] Abraham, the father of the faithful was tested (Genesis 22:1); and it is a foregone certainty that none of the spiritual children of Abraham may expect otherwise than... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 1:2

James 1:2. 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 afflictions threatened if they were disobedient: but the Jews expected even far better temporal things under the Messiah; there was great occasion therefore to set the Jewish Christians right in this particular; for they were in general deeply tinctured with the national prejudices, and could not easily be reconciled to suffer for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 1:3

James 1:3. The trying of your faith worketh patience— Produceth patience. Heylin. The word Δοκιμιον signifies proof or evidence, in most other authors: but still, as it denotes a proof given by trial, the meaning will be, "That proof or evidence which you give, (by undergoing trials or afflictions,) of your sincere adherence to the Christian faith, worketh patience." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 1:2

2. My brethren—a phrase often found in James, marking community of nation and of faith. all joy—cause for the highest joy [GROTIUS]. Nothing but joy [PISCATOR]. Count all "divers temptations" to be each matter of joy [BENGEL]. fall into—unexpectedly, so as to be encompassed by them (so the original Greek). temptations—not in the limited sense of allurements to sin, but trials or distresses of any kind which test and purify the Christian character. Compare "tempt," that is, try, :-. Some of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 1:3

3. the trying—the testing or proving of your faith, namely, by "divers temptations." Compare Romans 5:3, tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience (in the original dokime, akin to dokimion, "trying," here; there it is experience: here the "trying" or testing, whence experience flows). patience—The original implies more; persevering endurance and continuance (compare Luke 8:15). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 1:2

1. The proper attitude toward trials 1:2What kinds of trials was James talking about? Did he mean troubles such as running out of money, or failing a test in school, or having to stay up all night with a sick child: everyday troubles? Yes. The Greek word translated "trials" (peirasmois) means a "proving," specifically, "the trial of a man’s fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy . . . also an enticement to sin, temptation." [Note: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, s.v. "peirasmos."]... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 1:2-11

A. The Value of Trials 1:2-11The writer pointed out the value of trials to encourage his readers to adopt a positive attitude toward these experiences, to endure them, and to view them as God’s tools. God uses trials to shape believers into people that will glorify Himself. read more

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