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Mar 14, 2019 · Professor Robert Wall says: “ [James] is a book written for readers whose faith in God is threatened by a daily struggle with hardship. This ‘testing of faith’ is provoked by a variety of external and historical circumstances or ‘trials.’.
What does James 1:9 mean? This verse begins another important teaching, explained in verses 9 through 11. This continues James' description of what it looks like for a believer to trust God.
James chapter 1. English Standard Version. 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you ...
King James Version. 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
The only way to discover the spiritual meanings of Scriptural words is diligent personal study and reading with illumination from the Holy Spirit. Definitions of words from the Authorized King James Bible, compiled from the Webster 1828 Dictionary, with all word forms grouped together.
We can count it all joy in the midst of trials because they are used to produce patience. i. Moffatt translated James 1:2 as, Greet it as pure joy, pointing out a play on word between the Greetings at the end of James 1:1, and a similar word used to start James 1:2.
What does James 1:8 mean? This verse completes a crucial idea which James introduced in verse 5. God promises wisdom to all who ask Him for it. He promises to give it generously and not based on our merit. The caveat is that we must believe and not doubt.
