James 1:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

The man

The crown

Which

James 2:5

Matthew 10:22

Matthew 19:28

Them

General references

Matthew 5:4

Bible References

The man

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;

Behold, we count those happy who have endured. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; behold also the end of the Lord, that he is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

And so, having endured with patience, he obtained the promised blessing.

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great struggle with sufferings;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

The crown

Then will the king say to those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Ye however are they who have continued steadfastly with me in my trials.

everlasting life to those who by patient continuance in welldoing seek for glory, and honor, and incorruption;

And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me at that day, and not to me only, but to all those who have loved his appearing.

that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold which perisheth, but is tried with fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the manifestation of Jesus Christ;

but, in so far as ye share in Christs sufferings, rejoice; that also at the manifestation of his glory ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

and when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye will receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer. Behold, now, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye will have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Which

Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

and ye will be hated by all on account of my name. But he that endureth to the end will be saved.

And Jesus said to them, Truly do I say to you, that, in the renovation when the Son of man sitteth on the throne of his glory, ye who have followed me shall also yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Them

Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

We know moreover that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."

but if any one love God, the same is known by Him.

whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

We love, because he first loved us.

General references

Blessed are they who mourn; for they will be comforted.