What Does James 1:12 Mean?

“Blessed”

supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off

“is the man”

a man (properly as an individual male)

“that”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“endureth”

to stay under (behind), i.e., remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e., bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere

“temptation”

a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity

“for”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“when he is tried”

properly, acceptable (current after assayal), i.e., approved

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

“he shall receive”

while g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the crown”

a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fille

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of life”

life (literally or figuratively)

“that”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“hath promised”

to announce upon (reflexively), i.e., (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Lord”

supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“to them that love”

to love (in a social or moral sense)

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons