Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on James 1:3
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3. the trying--the testing or proving of your faith, namely, by "divers temptations." Compare Ro 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 Lu 8:15).
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