My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great {is} your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

Many {are} the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. {melteth: Heb. droppeth}

Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. {us...: or, us the last apostles, as} {spectacle: Gr. theatre}

Confirming the souls of the disciples, {and} exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

And not only {so}, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. {atonement: or, reconciliation}

O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and {your} joy to heaviness.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort {myself}:

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: {rejoice: or, glory}

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Behold, God {is} my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH {is} my strength and {my} song; he also is become my salvation.

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: {and} again I say, Rejoice.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked {for some} to take pity, but {there was} none; and for comforters, but I found none. {to take...: Heb. to lament with me}

All my bones shall say, LORD, who {is} like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh {himself} with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth {herself} with her jewels. {decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest}

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}

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.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It {is} my people: and they shall say, The LORD {is} my God.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;

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:

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast {some} of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

And {some} of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make {them} white, {even} to the time of the end: because {it is} yet for a time appointed. {try them: or, try by them}

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this {is} our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this {is} the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten {son},

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, {which} when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

All the days of the afflicted {are} evil: but he that is of a merry heart {hath} a continual feast.

And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. {it shooteth...: or, thou sendest it forth} {he...: or, when he removeth it with}

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, {son} of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed {is} not grievous, but for you {it is} safe.

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. {chastened: Heb. my chastisement was}

Blessed {are ye} that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed {are ye} that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, {it was} burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

If {there be} therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,