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Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς ὑπομένει πειρασμόν· ὅτι δόκιμος γενόμενος λήψεται τὸν στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς, ὃν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ Κύριος τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, because having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the LORD promised to those who love Him.

Blessing for Those Who Endure

James 1:12 delivers a beatitude not for the comfortable, but for the tested. The structure of this verse is shaped around one central figure: the one who ὑπομένει πειρασμόν—“endures testing.” The reward is stunning: the στέφανος τῆς ζωῆς, “the crown of life,” a metaphor for eternal reward. But this promise unfolds through grammatical nuance, where participial timing, future certainty, and verbal agreement reveal that endurance is not the cause of salvation, but its hallmark and evidence.… Learn Koine Greek