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

Them

General references

Matthew 5:4

Bible References

The man

All joy count it, my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

And call to your remembrance the former days, in which, having been enlightened, ye did endure much conflict of sufferings,

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, 'My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

The crown

'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice -- exulting;

and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

He who is overcoming -- I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.

Which

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

Even from antiquity men have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

Them

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He is God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands -- to a thousand generations,

And I say, 'I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands,

And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him -- '

and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

we -- we love him, because He -- He first loved us;

General references

Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.