King James Version
What Does James 1:3 Mean?
“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
Context
1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; temptations: or, trials
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Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing .
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(3) **Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.**—And this verse confirms our view of the preceding one; the habit of patience is to be the blessed result of all the weary effort under God’s probation. James the Wise had learned it long and painfully, and he returns to his exhortation of it again, especially in James 5:7-11 (which see).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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