Jam 1:12 | RWP | e4.org | Endureth ( υπομενε ). Present active indicative of υπομενω . Cf. verse . Temptation ( πειρασμον ). Real temptation here. See verse for "trials." When he hath been approved ( δοκιμος γενομενος ). "Having become approved," with direct reference to το δοκιμιον in verse . See also for δοκιμη (approval after test as of gold or silver). This beatitude ( μακαριος ) is for the one who has come out unscathed. See . The crown of life ( τον στεφανον της ζωης ). The same phrase occurs in . It is the genitive of apposition, life itself being the crown as in . This crown is "an honourable ornament" (Ropes), with possibly no reference to the victor's crown (garland of leaves) as with Paul in ; , nor to the linen fillet ( διαδημα ) of royalty ( , where στεφανος is used like διαδημα , the kingly crown). Στεφανος has a variety of uses. Cf. the thorn chaplet on Jesus ( ). The Lord . Not in the oldest Greek MSS., but clearly implied as the subject of επηγγειλατο ( he promised , first aorist middle indicative).

‏ James 1:12

Endureth ( υπομενε ). Present active indicative of υπομενω. Cf. verse 3.

Temptation ( πειρασμον ). Real temptation here. See verse 2 for "trials."

When he hath been approved ( δοκιμος γενομενος ). "Having become approved," with direct reference to το δοκιμιον in verse 3. See also Ro 5:4 for δοκιμη (approval after test as of gold or silver). This beatitude ( μακαριος ) is for the one who has come out unscathed. See 1Ti 6:9.

The crown of life ( τον στεφανον της ζωης ). The same phrase occurs in Re 2:10. It is the genitive of apposition, life itself being the crown as in 1Pe 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 1Co 9:25; 2Ti 4:8, nor to the linen fillet ( διαδημα ) of royalty (Ps 20:3, where στεφανος is used like διαδημα, the kingly crown). Στεφανος has a variety of uses. Cf. the thorn chaplet on Jesus (Mt 27:29).

The Lord. Not in the oldest Greek MSS., but clearly implied as the subject of επηγγειλατο ( he promised, first aorist middle indicative).