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3 Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
3 knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,
3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
3 Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Commentary on James 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of
The General Epistle of James
Chapter 1
After the inscription and salutation (v. 1) Christians are taught how to conduct themselves when under the cross. Several graces and duties are recommended; and those who endure their trials and afflictions as the apostle here directs are pronounced blessed and are assured of a glorious reward (v. 2-12). But those sins which bring sufferings, or the weakness and faults men are chargeable with under them, are by no means to be imputed to God, who cannot be the author of sin, but is the author of all good (v. 13-18). All passion, and rash anger, and vile affections, ought to be suppressed. The word of God should be made our chief study: and what we hear and know of it we must take care to practise, otherwise our religion will prove but a vain thing. To this is added an account wherein pure religion consists (v. 19-27).
Jam 1:1
We have here the inscription of this epistle, which consists of three principal parts.
Jam 1:2-12
We now come to consider the matter of this epistle. In this paragraph we have the following things to be observed:-
Jam 1:13-18
Jam 1:19-27
In this part of the chapter we are required,