James 1:2

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Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

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  • 1 Pet 1:6-8 : 6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways, 7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs. 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me. 12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
  • Luke 6:22-23 : 22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man. 23 Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
  • Rom 8:17-18 : 17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory. 18 I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
  • Rom 8:35-37 : 35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword? 36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction. 37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
  • Heb 11:36-38 : 36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: 37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked, 38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
  • 1 Pet 4:13-16 : 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy. 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you. 15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business; 16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

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  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

    7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

    8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

  • Jas 1:3-5
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    3 Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

    4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

    5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

  • Jas 1:1
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    1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

  • Jas 1:12-16
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    12 There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

    13 Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

    14 But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

    15 Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

    16 Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-13
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    12 Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

    13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.

  • Jas 5:10-13
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    10 Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

    11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

    12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

    13 Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

  • Rom 5:3
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    3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9 Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

    10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

  • Jas 1:9
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    9 But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

  • Jas 1:18-19
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    18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

    19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

  • Jas 4:9
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    9 Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    4 So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

    6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

  • Phil 2:18
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    18 And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  • Jas 5:19
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    19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

  • Jude 1:24
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    24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,

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

  • 1 Thess 1:6
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    6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

  • 1 Thess 5:16
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    16 Have joy at all times.

  • 1 Cor 10:13
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    13 You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Heb 2:18
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    18 For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

  • Matt 5:12
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    12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

  • Luke 8:13
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    13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

  • 1 Pet 2:3
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    3 If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

  • Rom 12:15
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    15 Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

  • Heb 12:11
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    11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

  • 1 Thess 3:5
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    5 For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.