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James 1

James 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
brethren
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
, count it
hegeomai (Greek #2233)
to lead, i.e. command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e. consider
KJV usage: account, (be) chief, count, esteem, governor, judge, have the rule over, suppose, think.
Pronounce: hayg-eh'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a (presumed) strengthened form of 71
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
joy
chara (Greek #5479)
cheerfulness, i.e. calm delight
KJV usage: gladness, X greatly, (X be exceeding) joy(-ful, -fully, -fulness, -ous).
Pronounce: khar-ah'
Origin: from 5463
e when
hotan (Greek #3752)
whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as
KJV usage: as long (soon) as, that, + till, when(-soever), while.
Pronounce: hot'-an
Origin: from 3753 and 302
ye fall into
peripipto (Greek #4045)
to fall into something that is all around, i.e. light among or upon, be surrounded with
KJV usage: fall among (into).
Pronounce: per-ee-pip'-to
Origin: from 4012 and 4098
divers
poikilos (Greek #4164)
motley, i.e. various in character
KJV usage: divers, manifold.
Pronounce: poy-kee'-los
Origin: of uncertain derivation
temptations
peirasmos (Greek #3986)
a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity
KJV usage: temptation, X try.
Pronounce: pi-ras-mos'
Origin: from 3985
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Matt. 5:12• 12Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matt. 5:12)
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1 Peter 4:13‑16• 13but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.
 14If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
 15Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;
 16but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:13‑16)

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James 1:12• 12Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)
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Matt. 5:10‑12• 10Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.
 11Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.
 12Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matt. 5:10‑12)
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Luke 6:22‑23• 22Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:
 23rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets. (Luke 6:22‑23)
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Acts 5:41• 41They therefore went their way from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name. (Acts 5:41)
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Rom. 8:17‑18,35‑37• 17And if children, heirs also: heirs of God, and Christ's joint heirs; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
 18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us.
 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
 36According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
 37But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us. (Rom. 8:17‑18,35‑37)
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2 Cor. 12:9• 9And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me. (2 Cor. 12:9)
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2 Cor. 12:10• 10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful. (2 Cor. 12:10)
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Phil. 1:29• 29because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also, (Phil. 1:29)
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Phil. 2:17• 17But if also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all. (Phil. 2:17)
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Col. 1:24• 24Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly; (Col. 1:24)
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Heb. 10:34• 34For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one. (Heb. 10:34)
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1 Peter 4:13‑16• 13but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.
 14If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
 15Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;
 16but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:13‑16)
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Heb. 11:36‑38• 36and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment.
 37They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,
 38(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caverns of the earth. (Heb. 11:36‑38)
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1 Peter 1:6‑8• 6Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,
 7that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
 8whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory, (1 Peter 1:6‑8)
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2 Peter 2:9• 9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished; (2 Peter 2:9)
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Rev. 2:10• 10Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10)
• This address, as a whole, ends with the chapter. The connection of the reasoning is not always easy to find; the key to it is the moral condition with which the Apostle’s mind is occupied. (“James 1” by J.N. Darby)
• “My brethren,” he was not thinking of them merely as his brethren according to the flesh, as fellow Jews, but as brethren in the faith of Christ. (“James 1” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

W. Kelly Translation

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Count [it] all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,