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The Blessing in the Trial
Commentators emphasize that "temptation" in this verse primarily means a trial or test of faith, not an enticement to evil. While hardship can feel like a temptation to murmur or give up, God's purpose is to prove your faith genuine, like gold refined by fire. The blessing comes not from avoiding trials, but from enduring them faithfully.
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James
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Albert Barnes
On James 1:12
18th Century
Theologian
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation (James 1:12). The apostle seems here to use the word temptation in the mo…
AT Robertson
On James 1:12
Endureth (υπομενε). Present active indicative of υπομενω. Cf. verse 3.Temptation (πειρασμον). Real temptation her…
Charles Ellicott
On James 1:12
19th Century
Bishop
Blessed is the man that endures temptation.—Surely the Apostle links such blessedness with the nine Beatitudes, heard in the happy past da…
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Charles Spurgeon
On James 1:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On James 1:12
James concludes his discussion of the testing of faith with a promise of the reward to be given to the one who successfully stands the test. This v…
John Calvin
On James 1:12
16th Century
Theologian
Blessed is the man. After applying consolation, he moderated the sorrow of those who were severely treated in this world, and again humble…
John Gill
On James 1:12
17th Century
Pastor
Blessed is the man that endures temptation
Or affliction, which is designed by temptation, as in ([Reference James 1…
Matthew Henry
On James 1:12–18
17th Century
Minister
It is not everyone who suffers who is blessed, but the one who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflic…