James 1:2 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

James 1:1 James, bondman of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which [are] in the dispersion, greeting.

James 1:2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

James 1:3 knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

James 1:4 But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "count", "brethren", "fall", "various", and "temptations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "count" and "brethren", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "James bondman of God and of the..." into verse 3's "knowing that the proving of your faith...", so "count" and "brethren" belong inside that flow. In James context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "count" and "brethren" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.