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<a href="/nkjv/james/1.htm">New King James Version</a> My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, <a href="/nasb_/james/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, <a href="/nasb/james/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, <a href="/nasb77/james/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, <a href="/lsb/james/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, <a href="/amp/james/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. <a href="/csb/james/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, <a href="/hcsb/james/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, <a href="/asv/james/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; <a href="/cev/james/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My friends, be glad, even if you have a lot of trouble. <a href="/erv/james/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; <a href="/gwt/james/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> My brothers and sisters, be very happy when you are tested in different ways. <a href="/gnt/james/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, <a href="/isv/james/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, <a href="/msb/james/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, <a href="/net/james/1.htm">NET Bible</a> My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, <a href="/nheb/james/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, <a href="/wbt/james/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. <a href="/wey/james/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials. <a href="/web/james/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/james/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Count [it] all joy, my brothers, when you may fall into manifold temptations, <a href="/blb/james/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Esteem it all joy, my brothers, when you might fall into various trials, <a href="/ylt/james/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> All joy count it, my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; <a href="/slt/james/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/james/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations; <a href="/cpdv/james/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy, <a href="/nabre/james/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, <a href="/nrsvce/james/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/james/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> MY brethren, take it as a joy to you when you enter into many and divers temptations; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/james/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> May you have every joy, my brethren, when you enter various and many temptations,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/james/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials, <a href="/godbey/james/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations. <a href="/haweis/james/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials; <a href="/mace/james/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Consider the various tryals that surround you, my brethren, as matter of great joy; knowing this, <a href="/wey/james/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials. <a href="/worrell/james/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Consider it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall in with manifold temptations; <a href="/worsley/james/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials: <a href="/parallel/james/1-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xUBCzqsAGw?start=9" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/james/1.htm">Rejoicing in Trials</a> 1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings. 2<a href="/greek/2233.htm" title="2233: hēgēsasthe (V-AMM-2P) -- (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider. ">Consider it</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: Pasan (Adj-AFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">pure</a> <a href="/greek/5479.htm" title="5479: charan (N-AFS) -- Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight.">joy,</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">my</a> <a href="/greek/80.htm" title="80: adelphoi (N-VMP) -- A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.">brothers,</a> <a href="/greek/3752.htm" title="3752: hotan (Conj) -- When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.">when</a> <a href="/greek/4045.htm" title="4045: peripesēte (V-ASA-2P) -- From peri and pipto; to fall into something that is all around, i.e. Light among or upon, be surrounded with.">you encounter</a> <a href="/greek/3986.htm" title="3986: peirasmois (N-DMP) -- From peirazo; a putting to proof (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity.">trials</a> <a href="/greek/4164.htm" title="4164: poikilois (Adj-DMP) -- Various, of different colors, diverse, various. Of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. Various in character.">of many kinds,</a> 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3-5</a> Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; / perseverance, character; and character, hope. / And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a> In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials / so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. <a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11-12</a> Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a> But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Hebrews 12:11</a> No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it. <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12-13</a> Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17-18</a> For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. <a href="/philippians/4-4.htm">Philippians 4:4</a> Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! <a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a> The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. <a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a> I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:16-18</a> Rejoice at all times. / Pray without ceasing. / Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. <a href="/2_timothy/3-12.htm">2 Timothy 3:12</a> Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, <a href="/psalms/34-19.htm">Psalm 34:19</a> Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all. <a href="/proverbs/3-11.htm">Proverbs 3:11-12</a> My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; / for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights. <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a> Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;count.<a href="/james/1-12.htm">James 1:12</a> 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.<a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a> Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven… <a href="/luke/6-22.htm">Luke 6:22,23</a> Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake… divers.<a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36-38</a> And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: … <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-8</a> Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: … <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">2 Peter 2:9</a> The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/13-7.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/philemon/1-17.htm">Count</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">Divers</a> <a href="/acts/6-9.htm">Encounter</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-32.htm">Face</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Find</a> <a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Hedged</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-4.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-26.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-12.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Temptations</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">Tests</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">Trials</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-7.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">Various</a> <a href="/philippians/1-3.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/5-12.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/james/5-11.htm">Count</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-9.htm">Divers</a> <a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Encounter</a> <a href="/james/1-23.htm">Face</a> <a href="/james/3-2.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/james/3-16.htm">Find</a> <a href="/job/3-23.htm">Hedged</a> <a href="/james/4-9.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/james/1-27.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">Temptations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-3.htm">Tests</a> <a href="/james/1-12.htm">Trials</a> <a href="/james/3-1.htm">Undergo</a> <a href="/james/4-1.htm">Various</a> <a href="/1_john/3-20.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">James 1</div>1. <a href="/james/1-1.htm">James greets the twelve tribes among the nations;</a> 2. <a href="/james/1-2.htm">exhorts to rejoice in trials and temptations;</a> 5. <a href="/james/1-5.htm">to ask patience of God;</a> 13. <a href="/james/1-13.htm">and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, to him,</a> 19. <a href="/james/1-19.htm">but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate on it, and to do thereafter.</a> 26. <a href="/james/1-26.htm">Otherwise men may seem, but never be, truly religious.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Joy, in this context, is not a fleeting emotion but a deep-seated sense of well-being rooted in faith. The Bible often associates joy with spiritual maturity and the presence of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a>). The call to joy in trials echoes Jesus' teachings in the Beatitudes, where He blesses those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake (<a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a>). This joy is not based on circumstances but on the assurance of God's sovereignty and goodness.my brothers The term "brothers" indicates a familial relationship among believers, emphasizing unity and equality within the body of Christ. This reflects the early Christian community's practice of viewing each other as family, transcending social and ethnic boundaries (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>). The use of "brothers" also underscores the shared experience of trials and the collective encouragement to persevere.when you encounter trials of many kinds Trials are an inevitable part of the Christian journey, as evidenced throughout Scripture. The phrase "many kinds" suggests a variety of challenges, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual. These trials serve a purpose in God's plan, testing and refining faith (<a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a>). The Greek word for "trials" can also mean "temptations," indicating that these experiences can either strengthen faith or lead to sin, depending on one's response. The testing of faith is a theme seen in the lives of biblical figures such as Job and Joseph, who endured suffering yet remained faithful.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/james.htm">James</a> The author of the epistle, traditionally identified as James, the brother of Jesus and a leader in the early Jerusalem church. He writes with authority and pastoral concern for the believers. 2. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of the letter, likely Jewish Christians scattered outside of Jerusalem, facing various trials and persecutions. 3. <a href="/topical/t/trials.htm">Trials</a> The various difficulties and persecutions faced by early Christians, which tested their faith and commitment to Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_pure_joy.htm">Understanding Pure Joy</a> The Greek word for "consider" implies a deliberate and thoughtful decision. Believers are called to actively choose joy, not as a natural reaction but as a faith-driven response. <a href="/topical/p/purpose_of_trials.htm">Purpose of Trials</a> Trials are not random or meaningless. They serve a divine purpose in refining and strengthening our faith, much like gold is refined by fire. <a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a> Addressing "my brothers" highlights the importance of community. Believers are encouraged to support one another through trials, sharing burdens and joys. <a href="/topical/p/perspective_shift.htm">Perspective Shift</a> Trials should be viewed through the lens of eternity. The temporary nature of earthly struggles contrasts with the eternal joy and growth they produce. <a href="/topical/j/joy_as_a_witness.htm">Joy as a Witness</a> Responding to trials with joy serves as a powerful testimony to the world, demonstrating the transformative power of faith in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_james_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from James 1</a> <a href="/q/can_patience_fulfill_its_purpose.htm">Can patience achieve its ultimate purpose?</a> <a href="/q/can_you_endure_and_persevere.htm">Do you possess the endurance needed to persevere?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_faith_and_grit_beat_adversity.htm">How do faith and perseverance overcome persecution and adversity?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_trials_strengthen_faith.htm">How do trials test and strengthen your faith?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/james/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2-27) Immediately after the salutation, and with more or less a play upon the word which we translate "greeting" ("rejoice," <a href="/james/1-1.htm" title="James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.">James 1:1</a>; "count it all joy," <a href="/james/1-2.htm" title="My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;">James 1:2</a>) there follow appeals on behalf of patience, endurance. and meekness.(2) Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.--Better, Account it all joy whenever ye fall into divers temptations--i.e., trials; but even with this more exact rendering of the text, how can we, poor frail creatures of earth, it may well be asked, feel any joy under such? Do we not pray in our Saviour's words, "Lead us not into temptation"? (See <a href="/matthew/6-13.htm" title="And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.">Matthew 6:13</a>, and Note there.) Yet a little consideration will open out the teaching of Holy Scripture very plainly. The Apostle here is following the same line of thought as that expressed in <a href="/hebrews/5-14.htm" title="But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.">Hebrews 5:14</a>. By use (or habit, more properly) our senses may be exercised to the discernment of good and evil. The grace of God given to the soul is capable of growth and enlargement, like the powers of body and mind. If either be unemployed, weakness must supervene, and eventually decay and death. And just as the veteran who has proved his armour well, and learned to face habitual danger as a duty, is more trustworthy than a raw recruit, however large of limb and stout of heart, so with the Christian soldier. He must learn to "endure hardness" (<a href="/2_timothy/2-3.htm" title="You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.">2Timothy 2:3</a>), and bear meekly and even gladly all the trials which are to strengthen him for the holy war. Innocence is a grace indeed, and yet there is a higher stage of the same virtue, viz., the purity which has been won by long and often bitter conflict with the thousand suggestions of evil from without, stirring up the natural impurity within. Temptation is not sin. "You cannot," says the old German divine, "prevent the birds flying over your head, but you can from making nests in your hair;" and the soul victorious over some such trying onset is by that very triumph stronger and better able to undergo the next assault, The act of virtue has, in truth, helped to build up the habit, from which, when it is perfected, a happy life cannot fail to spring. The interpretation of our Lord's prayer is rather the cry for help to God our Father in the trial, than for actual escape from it: Lead us not, i.e., where we in our free will may choose the wrong and perish. And there is a strangely sweet joy to be snatched from the most grievous temptation in the remembrance that "God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm" title="There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.">1Corinthians 10:13</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/james/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 2-18. - THE SUBJECT OF TEMPTATION. This section may be subdivided as follows: - (1) The value of temptation (vers. 2-4). (2) Digression suggested by the thought 'of perfection (vers. 5-11). (3) Return to the subject of temptation (vers. 12-18). Verses 2-4. - The value of temptation. Considered as an opportunity, it is a cause for joy. Verse 2. - My brethren. A favorite expression with St. James, occurring no less than fifteen times in the compass of this short Epistle. Count it all joy, etc.; cf. <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6</a>, "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold temptations, that the proof of your faith (τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως)... might be found unto praise," etc. The coincidence is too close to be accidental, although the shade of meaning given to δοκίμιον is slightly different, if indeed it has any right in the text in St. Peter (see Herr, vol. it. p. 102). Here it has its proper force, and signifies that by which the faith is tried, i.e. the instrument of trial rather than the process of trial. Thus the passage in ver. 3 becomes parallel to <a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3</a>, "tribulation worketh patience." With regard to the sentiments of ver. 2, "Count it all joy," etc., contrast <a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Matthew 6:13</a>. Experience, however, shows that the two are compatible. It is quite possible to shrink beforehand from temptation, and pray with intense earnestness, "Lead us not into temptation," and yet, when the temptation comes, to meet it joyfully, Περίπέσητε. The use of this word implies that the temptations of which St. James is thinking are external (see <a href="/luke/10-30.htm">Luke 10:30</a>, where the same word is used of the man who fell among thieves). <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:14</a> and <a href="/hebrews/10-32.htm">Hebrews 10:32, 33</a> will show the trials to which believing Jews were subject. But the epithet "manifold" would indicate that we should not confine the word here to trials such as those. <a href="/commentaries/james/1-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Consider [it] ἡγήσασθε (hēgēsasthe) Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider. pure Πᾶσαν (Pasan) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. joy, χαρὰν (charan) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5479.htm">Strong's 5479: </a> Joy, gladness, a source of joy. From chairo; cheerfulness, i.e. Calm delight. my μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. brothers, ἀδελφοί (adelphoi) Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_80.htm">Strong's 80: </a> A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. when ὅταν (hotan) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3752.htm">Strong's 3752: </a> When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as. you encounter περιπέσητε (peripesēte) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4045.htm">Strong's 4045: </a> From peri and pipto; to fall into something that is all around, i.e. Light among or upon, be surrounded with. trials πειρασμοῖς (peirasmois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3986.htm">Strong's 3986: </a> From peirazo; a putting to proof (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity. of many kinds, ποικίλοις (poikilois) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4164.htm">Strong's 4164: </a> Various, of different colors, diverse, various. 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