Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due...

Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." ¹⁶As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such...

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"—¹⁴yet...

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has...

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has...

What are we to make of this book's focus on trials? John MacArthur offers perspective.

We should look at trials that come our way as joy because trials are what test our faith on the way to steadfastness.

We should be joyful and rejoice in the midst of our trials and sufferings because these things are actually producing steadfastness and endurance in us.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces...