 | W. Bingham Hunter - 1986 - 226 pagini
...righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it" (Heb 12:10-11). And James asks us to "consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face...may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (Jas 1:2-4). God's ultimate objective is our spiritual maturity, complete conformity to the image of... | |
 | Marvin Keene Mayers - 1987 - 440 pagini
...yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."James 1:2 says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds." These verses urge believers to start from where they are—not from where they think they are, nor... | |
 | Tom L. Eisenman - 1991 - 260 pagini
...perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." James adds a similar wisdom, when he writes: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face...may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (Jas 1:2-4). It is a great joy to experience new life as we grow toward maturity in Christ There is... | |
 | Bruce Wilkinson, Walk Thru the Bible - 1991 - 276 pagini
...caused her to grow bitter instead deepened her faith in God. James describes that process this way: Consider it pure joy. my brothers, whenever you face...that the testing of your faith develops perseverance (James 1:2). What is your first response when painful circumstances come your way? Do they become for... | |
 | Gregory Mellema - 1991 - 240 pagini
...therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48). More indirectly, James states, "Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4). One must perservere to the point of moral maturity, wherein one lacks nothing which will... | |
 | R. Kent Hughes - 1991 - 326 pagini
...sends his letter. JAMES' "IRRATIONAL" CALL (v. 2) James wastes no time getting to his imperatives: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds" (v. 2). Has James lost his senses? He is writing to beat-up brothers and sisters and he says, "Consider... | |
 | Ray C. Stedman - 1992 - 176 pagini
...suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope" (Rom 5:34). James adds, "You know that the testing of your faith develops...may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (Jas 1:3-4). Peter concurs, "These [trials] have come so that your faith — of greater worth than... | |
 | Bruce B. Barton, David R. Veerman - 1992 - 340 pagini
...is secure in his hands. 2. In our suffering (5:3). Paul's contemporary, James, also understood this: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds" (James 1 :2 NIV). Both writers make it clear that we are not to be glad for our suffering, but to be... | |
 | Livingstone - 1992 - 190 pagini
...follow closely what Jesus taught. Consider these similar passages (from the Nivl: • James (1 :2l: Consider it pure joy. my brothers . whenever you face trials of many kinds. Jesus (Matthew 5:11-12l: Blessed are you when people insult you. persecute you and falsely say all... | |
 | Gary Smalley, John T. Trent - 1993 - 262 pagini
...thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (I Thessalonians 5:18). 3. "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face...that the testing of your faith develops perseverance" (James 1:2-3). 4. "Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines... | |
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Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 
