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NASB | James 1:1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, ¶ To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 1:1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve [Hebrew] tribes [scattered abroad among the Gentiles] in the dispersion: Greetings (rejoice)! |
Bible Question:
We are to count it all joy when we fall into diverse temptations (james) How do we find that hope or Joy? Are there any verses that could help? |
Bible Answer: Your answer is in the same text...Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, KNOWING(my emphasis) that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have it's perfect result(complete), so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God, who gives generously and without reporach, and it will be given to him. The way to have joy during a trial is to have the KNOWLEDGE that this trial or test of your faith is going to mature you and ineveitably make you complete lacking nothing. Ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten you to the joy of looking to that goal! It is a revelation of God's love for you as His child. The Joyful expectation of the goal held Jesus to the cross. Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Joy sees only the goal. |