James 1:2

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Joy in Trials My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

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  • 1 Pet 1:6-8 : 6 This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials. 7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.
  • Luke 6:22-23 : 22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Rom 8:17-18 : 17 And if children, then heirs(namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)– if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him. 18 For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the coming glory that will be revealed to us.
  • Rom 8:35-37 : 35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,“For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body– for the sake of his body, the church– what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
  • Heb 11:36-38 : 36 And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 38 (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.
  • 1 Pet 4:13-16 : 13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker. 16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 – if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

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  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

    7Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

    8You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

  • Jas 1:3-5
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    3because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

    4And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

    5But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

  • Jas 1:1
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    1¶ Salutation From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!

  • Jas 1:12-16
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    12Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

    13Let no one say when he is tempted,“I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

    14But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

    15Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

    16Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-13
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    12Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    13But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

  • Jas 5:10-13
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    10As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

    11Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

    12And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your“Yes” be yes and your“No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

    13Prayer for the Sick Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

  • Rom 5:3
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    3Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

    10And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

  • Jas 1:18-19
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    18By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

    19Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

  • Jas 4:9
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    9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    4As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

    5Encouragement in Persecution This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

    6For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

  • Phil 2:18
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    18And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

  • Jas 5:19
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    19My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

  • Jude 1:24
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    24Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

  • 1 Thess 2:20
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    20For you are our glory and joy!

  • 1 Thess 1:6
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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

  • 1 Thess 5:16
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    16Always rejoice,

  • 1 Cor 10:13
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    13No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 2:18
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    18For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).

  • Matt 5:12
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    12Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

  • Luke 8:13
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    13Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 1 Pet 2:3
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    3if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.

  • Rom 12:15
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    15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

  • Heb 12:11
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    11Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.

  • 1 Thess 3:5
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    5So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1Christian Practices So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!