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James 1:12
Blessed 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.
Blessed 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 1:12 evphggei,lato {A} In the style of rabbinical writings, where the word “God” is sometimes to be supplied mentally, the earlier and better witnesses (î23 a A B Y 81 206* 323 itff copsa, bo a...
Verse 12. _BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION_] This is a mere Jewish sentiment, and on it the Jews speak some excellent things. In _Shemoth Rabba_, sec. 31, fol. 129, and in Rab. _Tanchum_,...
BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION - The apostle seems here to use the word “temptation” in the most general sense, as denoting anything that will try the reality of religion, whether afflict...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. TRIALS AND THE EXERCISE OF FAITH CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Trials and the power of faith (James 1:1)_ 2. The resources of faith (James 1:5) 3. The realization of faith (James 1:9...
The Beatitude on Endurance (_cf. James 5:11_ and note). Trial is still neutral: it is affliction which tests and develops loyalty. But since human nature has a bias towards evil, a trial exerted upon...
GREETINGS (James 1:1) _ 1:1 James, the slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes who are scattered throughout the world._ At the very beginning of his letter Ja...
BLESSED. Greek. _makarios,_ as in Matthew 5:3, &c. IS. hath become. TRIED. tested. Greek. _dokimos._ Elsewhere translated "approved". See Romans 14:18. LIFE. App-170. LOVE. App-135. Compare...
Temptation, and its history 12. _Blessed is the man that endureth temptation_ The mode of teaching by Beatitudes reminds us at once of the Sermon on the Mount, with which, it will be seen afterwards,...
2–18. (_a_) TEMPTATION FROM WITHOUT, 2–4; (1) WISDOM, PRAYER, STEDFASTNESS, THE DIVINE HELPS IN TEMPTATION, 5–8; (2) A SPECIAL FORM OF TEMPTATION—OPPRESSION BY THE RICH—THE OLD TESTAMENT PROBLEM OF T...
The T.R. inserts ὁ κύριος with KLP (C has κύριος) as subject to ἐπηγγείλατο against the leading uncials אAB. This reading is clearly a gloss, as is partly evidenced by the variant ὁ θεός, which appear...
_SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF TRIALS -- JAMES 1:2-17:_ Christians must be "positive" when trials come their way. The man who properly reacts to trials must not react as a pessimist. "My brethren, count it all j...
ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ (G3107) блаженный, счастливый (TDNT; TLNT; GELTS, 286). Выраженная здесь идея распространена в иудаизме: "Счастлив человек, который выдержит испытания, потому что Бог испытывает всех" (Adamso...
DISCOURSE: 2356 THE TESTIMONY OF GOD RESPECTING HIS TEMPTED PEOPLE James 1:12. _Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord h...
BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION— _Happy is the man who persevereth under temptation,_ or _trial; for, being approved, he shall receive,_ &c....
_SERMON OUTLINES_ IS TEMPTATION A JOY? James 1:2-4 Proposition: When should a Christian not have joy in temptation, and how could a Christian find joy in temptation? I. Temptation is no joy. A....
Blessed 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. BLESSED - Compare the beatitudes in the s...
VERSE 12. BLESSED IS THE MAN. That is, happy. The apostle here again takes up the thought of the results to the man who successfully resists temptations, and withstands all the trials to which his fa...
1 James is never called an apostle and does not write this epistle in that character. Rather, he puts himself in the place of a slave. Hence the epistle is not concerned with authoritative teaching so...
THE POWER OF FAITH UNDER TEMPTATION 1. Servant] better, 'slave.' The word does not suggest any degradation, but only absolute surrender to the Master. St. James's humility prevents the mention of the...
WHEN HE IS TRIED] RV' when he hath been approved.' CROWN] the wreath that crowns the victor (2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 2:10). 13-15. Trials from within (= temptations). The Jews seem to have sometimes...
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. INTRODUCTION 1 THE WRITER James is the writer of the letter. But he does not tell us...
BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION. — Surely the Apostle links such blessedness with the nine Beatitudes, heard in the happy days gone by upon the Mount with Christ (Matthew 5:3). The words h...
(12-18) The Apostle returns to the consideration of the afflicted Christian. Such a one has a blessedness, greater infinitely than any earthly happiness, already in possession, and the promise of a fu...
(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play upon the word which we translate “greeting” (“rejoice,” James 1:1; “count it all joy,” James 1:2) there follow appeals on behalf o...
CHAPTER 8 THE SOURCE OF TEMPTATIONS AND THE REALITY OF SIN THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE DETERMINIST. James 1:12 AFTER the slight digression respecting the short-lived glory of the rich man, St. James ret...
ff. The section James 1:12-16 is wholly unconnected with what immediately precedes; it takes up the thread which was interrupted at James 1:4. In James 1:2-4 the brethren are bidden to rejoice when th...
GOD REWARDS, NOT TEMPTS James 1:12 The word _temptation_ may stand for trial and testing, without implying that there is any necessary impulse toward evil; or it may stand for the direct impulse of t...
James wrote to Christians in the midst of temptation and trial. He showed first that the issue of testing is that they "may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing." It is therefore to be looked upo...
LESSONS FROM THE RICH AND POOR BROTHER In demonstrating the maturity brought by patient endurance of trials, James uses the example of the poor and the rich brothers. The Christian who is poor can rej...
(10) Blessed [is] the man that endureth (l) temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (10) The conclusion: Therefore we...
The brother of low condition. Literally, humble. [3] See Luke i. 48. The sense is, that a Christian, of never so low and poor a condition, may glory, and rejoice even in his poverty, that he is not on...
Blessed 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. (13) Let no man say when he is tempted, I am...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
12_Blessed is the man_. After having applied consolation, he moderated the sorrow of those who were severely handled in this world, and again humbled the arrogance of the great. He now draws this conc...
The Epistle of James is not addressed to the assembly, and does not take the ground of apostolic authority over the persons to whom it is sent. It is a practical exhortation which still recognises the...
BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION,.... Or affliction, which is designed by temptation, as in James 1:2 and the man that endures it is he that so bears it, and bears up under it, as not to be...
Blessed _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. Ver. 12. _Blessed is the man_] Provided th...
_Blessed_ Μακαριος, _happy, is the man that endureth temptation_ Trials of various kinds, patiently and perseveringly; _for when he is tried_ Δοκιμος γενομενος, _being approved on trial, he shall rece...
ENDURETH TEMPTATION; bears his trials with a right spirit....
This chapter has a very close relationship to the Old Testament, for all is seen in connection with God; and Christ is not yet spoken of as the center and essence of all blessing and of all direction...
How do we endure temptation? What is the meaning of “temptation” in this verse? What is the crown of life? Who will receive the crown of life? When do we get this crown? (2 Timothy 4:8)...
Successful Testing: James 1:12 'Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.' 'B...
12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our...
BLESSED IS THE MAN THEFT ENDURETH; holds out against the assaults and impressions of temptations with patience and constancy, JAMES 5:11 HEBREWS 12:5,7. TEMPTATIONS; afflictions, as JAMES 1:2. For whe...
James 1:12 Blessed G3107 man G435 who G3739 endures G5278 (G5719) temptation G3986 for G3754 approved G1384...
‘Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.' The passage then ends with a description o...
THOSE WHO FACE TRIAL FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FAITH IN GOD AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WILL BE BLESSED (JAMES 1:2). The letter commences by outlining the basic themes that will be dealt with later (see Ana...
James 1:12. BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATIONS: not merely falleth into divers temptations, but endureth them, cometh out of them unscathed, does not succumb under them. A man who has been t...
ENDURETH (υπομενε). Present active indicative of υπομενω. Cf. verse James 1:3.TEMPTATION (πειρασμον). Real temptation here. See verse James 1:2 for "trials."WHEN HE HATH BEEN APPROVED (δοκιμος γ...
James 1:12 Temptation Treated as Opportunity. I. The Bible teaches us, and as Christians we believe, that there is a regular course of temptations for us in this life; that there are a number of obje...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ According to the teaching of some in the present day, the apostle should...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was an apostle,...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ «Where are the lost ten tribes?» asks somebody. They never were lost. Tha...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting._ The apostle James evidently believed in no lost ten tribes, as some nowad...
CONTENTS: Testing of faith. Solicitation to evil not of God. Obedience as a test of true faith. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, James. CONCLUSION: Such as have a true title in Jesus Christ through faith may...
James 1:1. _James, a servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ._ He does not style himself an _apostle,_ because he would not assume any superiority; yet the majesty of his address is the language...
HAPPY IS THE MAN. Jubilant!!! This verse begins a new thought. The _key_ to this section of six verses is; _"God tempts no one to do evil."_ Who remains FAITHFUL. Since life is like the puff of smoke...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 1:12 James returns to the theme introduced in v. James 1:2. CROWN OF LIFE. The laurel wreath given to winners in athletic games ...
JAMES 1:2 The Testing of Faith. Trials are part of God’s “good gifts” (v. James 1:17) to his people, to strengthen them in their faith....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 1:12. IS TRIED.—Better, “hath been approved.” δόκιμος is properly spoken of money as having been tried and refined. CROWN OF LIFE.—See figure in Isaiah 28:5; and...
EXPOSITION JAMES 1:1 SALUTATION. JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. (On the person who thus describes himself, see the Introduction) It is noteworthy that he keeps entirely out of...
Let's turn to James chapter one. James introduces himself as the bondslave of God and of Jesus Christ. It's a title that most of the apostles delighted to take. Renouncing any claim for any rights, tu...
1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 8:3; 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 John 4:19;...
Is tried [δ ο κ ι μ ο ς γ ε ν ο μ ε ν ο ς]. Lit., having become approved. See on trial, 1 Peter 1:7. The meaning is not, as the A. V. suggests, when his trial is finished, but when he has been approve...
Happy is the man that endureth temptation — Trials of various kinds. He shall receive the crown — That fadeth not away. Which the Lord hath promised to them that love him — And his enduring proves his...
In these words the apostle lays down. forcible argument, to persuade Christians to bear sufferings and persecutions with invincible patience, drawn from the blessedness which attends such. condition:...