Manifold Temptations Needed
R. W. Dale, LL. D. James 1:2-4 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;… The more varied are the moral difficulties of life, the more complete is the discipline. The strain must come upon one muscle after another, if there is to be a perfect development of moral vigour — if, as James puts it, we are to be "lacking in nothing." The strength of every separate element of Christian righteousness must be tried, and tried by various tests. The courage which is unmoved by one form of danger maybe daunted by another. The patience which submits without a murmur to familiar suffering may be changed by a new sorrow into angry resentment. The Christian charity which has kept its sweetness through many cruel persecutions may at last be suddenly embittered by some fresh outrage. (R. W. Dale, LL. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; WEB: Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,