2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials. This is one of my favorite verses in the book of James, because there is so much meat in this one verse. First, consider it a great JOY – Joy, not happiness, no an ecstatic feeling or emotion, but a state of being. …
James 1 (HCSB) 1 James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion.[a] Greetings. The book of James is thought to be authored by Jesus’s brother James, who did not follow Christ during his earthly ministry. A post-resurrection appearance by Jesus convinced James, Jesus was The Messiah. We don’t have that …