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JAMES 1:12
Victor M. Eskew
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.
1. Blessed
A. Strong (3107): supremely blessed; well off, fortunate.
B. Thayer: blessed, happy
C. Vine: to pronounce happy, blessed
2. Endureth
A. Strong (5278): Literally “to stay under,” to undergo, that is (bear) trials, have fortitude, persevere
B. Thayer: to persevere: under misfortune and trials to hold fast to one’s faith in Christ, to endure, bear bravely and calmly: ill treatments
C. Vine: to abide under, to bear up courageously (under suffering)
3. Temptation
A. Strong (3986): a putting to proof…by experience of evil
B. Thayer: an experiment, attempt, trial, proving, the trail of man’s fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy…adversity, affliction, trouble: sent by God and serving to test or prove one’s character, faith, and holiness.
C. Vine: of trials or temptations, Divinely permitted or sent
4. Tried
A. Strong (1384): acceptable, approved
B. Thayer: accepted, pleasing, acceptable
C. Vincent: Literally, having become approved…been approved by trail…when he hath been approved
5. Receive
A. Strong (2983): to get hold of…to have offered to one
B. Thayer: to take…to receive what is offered to one
C. Vine: to receive
6. Crown
A. Strong (4735): a chaplet (as a badge of loyalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally
B. Thayer: a crown…metaphorically the eternal blessedness which will be given as a prize to the genuine servants of God and Christ: the crown (wreath) which is the reward of righteousness
C. Vine: the victor’s crown, the symbol of triumph in the game or some such contest; hence, by metonymy, a reward or prize…it stands as en emblem of life, joy, reward and glory
7. Life
A. Strong (2222): life
B. Thayer: life, life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous
C. Vine: life in the absolute sense, life as God has it
8. Promised
A. Strong (1861): to engage to do something
B. Thayer: to announce that one is about to do or furnish something, to promise (of one’s own accord) to engage voluntarily
C. Vine: a law term, denoting a summons, also meant an undertaking to do or give something, a promise
9. Love
A. Strong (25): to love
B. Thayer: of persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly
C. Vine: Christian love has God for its primary object, and expresses itself first of all in implicit obedience to His commandments