James 1:2 - The Message Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. American Standard Version (1901) Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; Common English Bible My brothers and sisters, think of the various tests you encounter as occasions for joy. Catholic Public Domain Version My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations; |