Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Endureth (upomenei). Present active indicative of upomenw. Cf. verse James 1:3.
Temptation (peirasmon). Real temptation here. See verse James 1:2 for "trials."
When he hath been approved (dokimov genomenov). "Having become approved," with direct reference to to dokimion in verse James 1:3. See also Romans 5:4 for dokimh (approval after test as of gold or silver). This beatitude (makariov) is for the one who has come out unscathed. See I Timothy 6:9.
The crown of life (ton stefanon thv zwhv). The same phrase occurs in Revelation 2:10. It is the genitive of apposition, life itself being the crown as in I Peter 5:4. This crown is "an honourable ornament" (Ropes), with possibly no reference to the victor's crown (garland of leaves) as with Paul in I Corinthians 9:25; II Timothy 4:8, nor to the linen fillet (diadhma) of royalty (Psalms 20:3, where stefanov is used like diadhma, the kingly crown). Stefanov has a variety of uses. Cf. the thorn chaplet on Jesus (Matthew 27:29).
The Lord. Not in the oldest Greek MSS., but clearly implied as the subject of ephggeilato (
he promised, first aorist middle indicative).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing James 1:12:
1 Corinthians 9:25
Galatians 4:14
James 1:2
James 1:3
James 1:8
James 1:13
James 1:25
James 2:5
James 5:7
James 5:11
1 Peter 2:20
1 Peter 5:4
2 Peter 2:9
Revelation 2:10
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