Joy is part of our life and should be lifestyle as Born Again Christian. You dont have be spirituality t understand Joy is a part of every day life, we should choice laugh and rejoice always, its a choice. No matter good or bad you should laugh or have joy if your living right with God. King James Bible My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; New Living Translation Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. Rejoicing in Trials 2Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.… Matthew 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Romans 5:3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; James 1:12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. James 1:16 Dont be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. James 1:19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, James 5:11 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Jobs perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. 1 Peter 1:6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. Verses 2-18. - THE SUBJECT OF TEMPTATION. This section may be subdivided as follows: - (1) The value of temptation (vers. 2-4). (2) Digression suggested by the thought of perfection (vers. 5-11). (3) Return to the subject of temptation (vers. 12-18). Verses 2-4. - The value of temptation. Considered as an opportunity, it is a cause for joy. Verse 2. - My brethren. A favorite expression with St. James, occurring no less than fifteen times in the compass of this short Epistle. Count it all joy, etc.; cf. 1 Peter 1:6, Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold temptations, that the proof of your faith (τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως)... might be found unto praise, etc. The coincidence is too close to be accidental, although the shade of meaning given to δοκίμιον is slightly different, if indeed it has any right in the text in St. Peter (see Herr, vol. it. p. 102). Here it has its proper force, and signifies that by which the faith is tried, i.e. the instrument of trial rather than the process of trial. Thus the passage in ver. 3 becomes parallel to Romans 5:3, tribulation worketh patience. With regard to the sentiments of ver. 2, Count it all joy, etc., contrast Matthew 6:13. Experience, however, shows that the two are compatible. It is quite possible to shrink beforehand from temptation, and pray with intense earnestness, Lead us not into temptation, and yet, when the temptation comes, to meet it joyfully, Περίπέσητε. The use of this word implies that the temptations of which St. James is thinking are external (see Luke 10:30, where the same word is used of the man who fell among thieves). 1 Thessalonians 2:14 and Hebrews 10:32, 33 will show the trials to which believing Jews were subject. But the epithet manifold would indicate that we should not confine the word here to trials such as those.
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