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Testing Your Faith

[a](A)James, a (B)slave of God and (C)of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To (D)the twelve tribes who are in the (E)Dispersion: (F)Greetings.

(G)Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter (H)various [b]trials, knowing that (I)the testing of your (J)faith brings about (K)perseverance.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:1 Or Jacob; James is the Eng form of Jacob
  2. James 1:2 Or temptations

James,(A) a servant of God(B) and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes(C) scattered(D) among the nations:

Greetings.(E)

Trials and Temptations

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,(F) because you know that the testing of your faith(G) produces perseverance.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.