Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the trying—the testing or proving of your faith, namely, by "divers temptations." Compare Romans 5:3, tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience (in the original dokime, akin to dokimion, "trying," here; there it is experience: here the "trying" or testing, whence experience flows).
patience—The original implies more; persevering endurance and continuance (compare Luke 8:15).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing James 1:3:
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1 Corinthians 10:13
James 1:12
James 5:11
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