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James 1:2-12 KJV
James · chapter 1 · verses 2–12
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.James 1:2-12 · King James Version
James 1:2-12 in context
1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:6-8
- James 1:12
- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
- Matthew 5:10-12
- Luke 6:22-23
- Philippians 1:29
- 2 Peter 2:9
- Romans 8:17-18
- Romans 5:3-4
- Hebrews 10:36
- Colossians 1:11
- Romans 8:28
Key words (Strong's)
- upbraidethoneidizōto reproach, upbraid, revile, of deserved reproach, of undeserved reproach, to revile, to…G3679 →
- temptationpeirasmosan experiment, attempt, trial, proving, trial, proving the trial made of you by my bodily…G3986 →
- liberallyhaplōssimply, openly, frankly, sincerelyG574 →
- witherethxērainōto make dry, dry up, wither, to become dry, to be dry, be withered, of plants, of the…G3583 →
- perishethapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- patiencehypomonēsteadfastness, constancy, endurance, in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not…G5281 →
- waveringdiakrinōto separate, make a distinction, discriminate, to prefer, to learn by discrimination, to…G1252 →
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We now come to consider the matter of this epistle. In this paragraph we have the following things to be observed: - I. The suffering state of Christians in this world is represented, and that in a very instructive manner, if we attend to what is plainly and necessarily implied, together with what is fully expressed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-12