2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 1:2 James began with pure encouragement, commending to believers the “pure [lit. “all”; NRSV “nothing but”] joy” that was theirs in the face of “trials of many kinds.” Being brothers in Christ means sharing in the testing of
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