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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 persecuted they the prophets that were before you. (Matt. 5:12)
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1 Peter 4:13‑16• 13but inasmuch as ye share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice exultingly.
 14If ye are reproached in Christ's name, blessed [are ye], because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you: [on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified].
 15For let none of you suffer as murderer or thief or evil-doer, or as spy on another's matter;
 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• 12Blest [is] a man who endureth trial; because, having been put to the proof, he shall receive the crown of life which he promised to those that love him. (James 1:12)
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Matt. 5:10‑12• 10Blessed they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
 11Blessed are ye when they shall reproach and persecute you, and falsely say every wicked word against you for my sake.
 12Rejoice and exult; for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus persecuted they the prophets that 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 towards 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 accounted 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 joint-heirs with Christ; if at least we suffer together, that we may also together be glorified.
 18For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time [are] not worthy of comparison with the glory about to be revealed in regard to us.
 35who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
 36according as it is written, “For thy sake are we being put to death all the day long, we have been reckoned as sheep of slaughter.”
 37But in all these things we more than overcome by him that loved us. (Rom. 8:17‑18,35‑37)
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2 Cor. 12:9• 9and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on 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 am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:10)
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Phil. 1:29• 29because to you has been given on behalf of Christ, not only the believing on him, but also the suffering for him; (Phil. 1:29)
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Phil. 2:17• 17But if also I am poured out upon the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all; (Phil. 2:17)
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Col. 1:24• 24who now rejoice in sufferings for you, and fill up what is wanting of the afflictions 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 and abiding substance. (Heb. 10:34)
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1 Peter 4:13‑16• 13but inasmuch as ye share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice exultingly.
 14If ye are reproached in Christ's name, blessed [are ye], because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you: [on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified].
 15For let none of you suffer as murderer or thief or evil-doer, or as spy on another's matter;
 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 had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea and of bonds and imprisonment.
 37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they died by slaughter of sword. They went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
 38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the chinks of the earth. (Heb. 11:36‑38)
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1 Peter 1:6‑8• 6Wherein ye exult, now for a little (if it is needful) put to grief in manifold trials,
 7that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perisheth though proved by fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ:
 8whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though not now seeing but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and glorified, (1 Peter 1:6‑8)
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2 Peter 2:9• 9[the] Lord knoweth to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep unjust [men] for judgment-day to be punished; (2 Peter 2:9)
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Rev. 2:10• 10Fear not the things which 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 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,