God tests us, but he never tempts us. Trials are the pressure from without that comes from our Father to strengthen us and lead us to righteousness. Temptation is the pressure from within that comes from the evil desire in our hearts and entices us to sin. One leads to death, one leads to life.1
| Trials | Temptation | |
|---|---|---|
| Source | God, according to his plan (James 1:2–3) | Our own desire (James 1:14) |
| Effect | Steadfastness (James 1:3) | Sin (James 1:15) |
| End | The crown of life (James 1:12) | Death (James 1:15) |
| Our response | Count it all joy and endure (James 1:2, 12) | Don’t blame God; take responsibility (James 1:13) |
In this post:
- Does God Test Us?
- Does God Tempt Us?
- What Is the Difference Between Trials and Temptation?
- How Should We Respond to Trials?
- How Should We Respond to Temptation?
- Christ Took the Blame
James 1 is, I think, one of the most needed texts in regard to how we counsel one another, particularly as we respond to suffering. Most of life is spent responding to suffering, because it is in this world everywhere and all the time.
As we walk through this text, I want to walk through a case study as well, a biblical case study, so that you can see what an example of this theological argument looks like when it hits the real world. Biblical counseling is for the real world. It’s not confined to a small part of our lives. Because the Bible indeed is able to give us the categories and counsel to deal with all of our suffering (all of it) and to make us complete.
The case study we’re going to look at is that of Job. Job is the perfect example of James 1 worked out in a proper way and in improper ways, as you’ll see.
Now, this is a long point that James is making. It starts at the very beginning of the letter in verse 2, and it goes all the way down to verse 18. So we’re not going to walk through that whole text. But I want to look at the bookends of the text, where James opens up his argument, and then where he picks it back up with his main point in verse 12.
There are two questions I will ask of the text, because they are the exact questions James answers: What are trials? And what is temptation? After we understand those things, we’ll see why James is making the distinction between trials and temptation and how we respond to each of them for God’s glory.
Does God Test Us?
So let’s start by asking the first question: What are trials?
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
James 1:2–3
Let’s walk through this text phrase by phrase.
“Count it all joy, my brothers…” We’ll come back to that phrase.
“When you meet trials…” Let’s stop there. That immediately tells us something.
Source
To meet a trial means you encounter it, walk into it, happen upon it. It’s not something you create. In fact, the most literal rendering of the verb translated here as “to meet” is “to fall into.”
In other words, trials are not your plan. They are not what you expected. They are not by your design. From your perspective, they happen to you. These trials come from without, not from within. They are external pressures.
So, what’s the source?
To ask the question differently: If we’re just walking into these trials, where did they come from? They’re called tests in verse 3. Who is administering the test?
The intentional implication is that these trials are from God. They are according to his will and his plan.
But he uses his tools to accomplish that plan. What are those tools?
Nature
Look at the next phrase: “…when you meet trials of various kinds…”
This life is filled with trials. I know that you know that, because you live through them.
God’s plan for each of us is unique. We don’t all walk through the exact same trials and struggles.
When we look back over our lives, there will likely be huge trials that we look back on and identify. For some, it may be cancer. For others, it may be when you lost all that you had. For some, it may be watching a loved one walk away from the Lord.
We all will walk through incredibly difficult things, but they won’t all be the same. They will be of various kinds.
The word various refers to the type of trial, the intensity of the trial, and the longevity. James absolutely has in mind the major afflictions we walk through, but he also means more than that.
Every day, we face various trials. The world is filled with them. When you’re already running late, you’re going to get in the car and see that you have to stop for gas. And after you fill up the tank, you will get stopped at every red light. You’ll stub your toe, and that really does hurt. But some people are going to live with a low-grade pain for years. And some will live with deep pain they will never get answers to.
Every affliction we walk through, big or small, whether it lasts for a day or a lifetime, is from God’s hand and for our good. Indeed, Romans 8:28 is still true: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Even the little things are moments of testing that we can respond to in faith.
There are many biblical examples of trials given by God, and they are various.
Hebrews 11:17: “By faith Abraham, when he was tested (same word), offered up Isaac…”
It was a trial God ordained for Abraham to offer up his son. That’s a trial unlike any most of us will ever go through.
John 6:5–6: “Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?’ He said this to test him (same word, again)…”
A mere question from Jesus to Philip was a trial.
What I’m saying, brothers and sisters, is that we should know that God’s hand is behind all trials, big and small.
It is just as right to take hold of faith when every red light stops us as it is when we lose our job. All of these things are tools in God’s hand that he uses how he wants to.
There was a 17th-century Puritan pastor named Thomas Brooks (great name), and as a pastor, he dealt with the bubonic plague going through his town and his church. He preached a sermon during the plague in which he pointed those suffering it to God’s sovereign hand over it. He said (and this is a long quote):
The scribe is more properly said to write than the pen, and he that maketh and keepeth the clock is more properly said to make it go and strike than the wheels and poises that hang upon it; and every workman to effect his work, rather than the tools which he useth as instruments. So the Lord of hosts, who is the chief agent and mover in all things and in all actions, may more fitly and properly be said to effect and bring to pass all judgments, yea, all things which are done in the earth, than any inferior or subordinate causes: seeing they are but his tools and instruments, which he rules or guides according to his own will, power, and providence.
Thomas Brooks2
When you see the tools that bring about affliction, learn to see the hand of your Father holding them. You will understand that none of it is purposeless.
The trials may be written in ink on the pages, but it’s God writing the story. Sickness, persecution, judgment, pressure at work, difficulty at home, even your particular struggles and inclinations: all of them are just tools in God’s hand that he uses to accomplish his good plan with good purposes for you.
And what are those good purposes?
Effect
Verse 3 continues: “…for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.”
Trials lead to strengthened faith. Isn’t that interesting? The world doesn’t understand that. They expect our faith to crumble in the face of adversity. They expect persecution to put an end to the preaching. They expect war to put an end to worship. They expect cancer to put an end to our confidence in the goodness of God. They expect pain to put an end to the pleasure we enjoy in Christ. That’s backwards!
James says, “you know”! That is not the way faith truly works. And God knows that too.
Why else would our loving Father plan trials? Why would our Lord Jesus tell us to expect them if they weren’t for our good? Why would the Spirit write to us through 1 Peter 4:12, “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you (same word), as though something strange were happening to you”?
This isn’t strange. This is God’s method of building your faith. The world boasts in prosperity. Not us. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 11:30, “If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.”
When you’re pressed with trials and struggles and you think, “God, why are you trying to snuff out the little hope that I had?” you’re thinking like the world! When God presses you with trials, he’s working to strengthen your faith. To give you more hope. To get you to feel even more of his love.
Though trials in this life seem to never cease, they make our hold of God stronger.
It’s like if you’re riding a bull and the bull keeps getting crazier, but somehow your hold on the rope is getting better.
Or though the background noise gets louder and louder, you’re getting better at honing in on the voice of the Shepherd.
Or though you are pushed with more force, your feet are more firmly planted.
You can pick any of those analogies, because clearly I couldn’t choose between them.
Trials are from God to strengthen our faith, which leads to life.
End: The Crown of Life
Verse 4 finishes the thought:
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1:4
Then James picks this argument back up in verse 12:
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 promised to those who love him.
James 1:12
The work that God does to strengthen our faith culminates in our deliverance from the world of suffering and sin and trials into eternal life.
God’s ultimate goal for our lives on earth is not what our goal often is. God’s goal in your life right now is, through trials, to prepare you for eternal joy. Our goal in the moment is often to bypass the trials and enter into that joy immediately.
God calls us to endure trials, and we often want to end the trials. You see what the problem is with that? God’s ultimate goal is to give us something more precious than gold. Our ultimate goal is to settle for puny, temporary joys right now.
This is one of the biggest differences between biblical counseling and the counseling of the world.
The goal of biblical counseling is to help people take a stronger hold of Christ and endure suffering in faith for his glory, so that by his grace they can receive the crown of life. The goal of secular counseling is to remove all suffering and take hold of temporary pleasures, with no thought to the crown of life.
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial. Our main calling in the trial is to endure, to persevere, to remain steadfast. That is where the blessedness comes from. The joy is in the endurance.
Now, does that mean we don’t pursue healing? Does that mean we don’t pursue a job? Does that mean we don’t pray for God to save our kids? No, of course that’s not what that means. Of course not! But we understand that all things we endure have their beginning and end set by the sovereign hand of God. We’re not sovereign over the trials. He is. And to glorify God (which is what we want more than anything), we endure trials and let that steadfastness have its full effect.
Put all of that together, and let’s answer the original question:
What are trials? Trials are various afflictions that we face according to God’s plan to strengthen our faith and prepare us to receive the crown of life.
Case Study: Job’s Trial
How do we see that in Job? Let’s look at our case study. The book of Job peels back the curtain of reality so you can see what’s really behind Job’s suffering.
In Job 1, we learn that Job is a man who feared God and turned away from evil. He was an upright man who was very well-to-do. He had seven sons, three daughters, 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants.
Here’s what happens: Satan comes before God after looking over the earth. And in Job 1:8, “the LORD said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?'”
Who is in control of this situation? God is the one who brought up Job, knowing what Satan would say. And Satan says, “Of course Job fears you, you’ve blessed him with everything he could ever want!” You know how the conversation goes.
Job 1:12: “And the LORD said to Satan, ‘Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.'” Soon thereafter, Job receives news from messenger after messenger that everything he has is gone: his children, his servants, his wealth.
Job experienced various afflictions in every area of his life. Was it according to God’s plan? Where did this trial come from? Satan, the adversary. He did this. And he did it to prove that Job was not righteous. He did it with evil motives. And he liked seeing Job in pain.
But there’s another answer to the question “Where did this trial come from?” The answer is God. God brought up Job to Satan, not the other way around. God put Job in Satan’s hand. God set the limits of what could be done to Job. This was God’s plan, not for evil, but for good. God did this to Job.
And it’s not sinful to recognize that the trial came from God’s hand. I know that because this is at the end of chapter 1:
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
Job 1:20–22
That, my friends, is a trial. Though Satan meant it for evil, even the devil is a tool in God’s hand. Job knew the Lord was the ultimate actor, the one who took away all that he had. And Job knew that in doing this, God did no wrong. At least, in the beginning, Job knew that. We’ll pick back up in our case study later.
Does God Tempt Us?
Here’s the next question: What is temptation?
At this point in James 1, James begins to contrast what he has taught us about trials:
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
James 1:13–15
Source: Lured and Enticed
“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed…”
That’s already different from trials. Remember, trials are met. They’re encountered and divinely orchestrated. Temptation is different. It’s not happening to us. It’s a response of each person. The person is responding to something.
According to biblical scholars, both of these words in the original language (lured and enticed) had originally been used in the context of fishing. A person is tempted when they are lured, attracted to something like a fish to bait. They’re enticed like a fish is with the bait, which leads them to take a bite of it.
James uses language about trials to make it clear that they are happening to us, but he uses language about temptation to very clearly show that there is culpability in us. There is responsibility that we bear for temptation, because it starts not by our happening upon it but by our moving toward it.
And what is it that we move toward?
Nature: Desire
Verse 14 again: “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.”
That’s the bait. That’s what lures us in. Our desire.
We are only lured and enticed into temptation when our hearts desire sin. The problem is in us. In every circumstance.
But aren’t some things tempting? Isn’t Satan the great tempter? Yes, things can be temptations. And people and Satan can try to tempt us. But they are only temptations to us when they align with our hearts. When we desire them. That’s the meaning in the context of this verse.
With every temptation, it’s not the external stimuli that James blames. It’s not Satan who is held responsible. It’s not the Ferrari or the Rolex that makes us envious. It’s not the picture that’s responsible for our lust. It’s not the jumbo bucket of fried chicken that’s held accountable for our gluttony. It’s not the harsh words of your spouse that God blames for your sin. It’s not the company that laid you off. It’s your heart. It’s my heart. It’s our desire.
The way we talk, we blame everything on other people. “You made me do it.” Or “I just couldn’t help it.” Humans are great at finding reasons to not take responsibility for their sin. Because we are reacting to the world, we’re reacting to suffering, we’re reacting to other people’s sin, we’re reacting to evil, we’re reacting to things that were done to us or said to us, we’re reacting to trials. So there’s always something to point to. Of course there is!
But in the end, it is our desire that was already in our hearts that the Bible assigns ultimate responsibility to. It is resoundingly true across many biblical texts. From the biblical counselor Jeremy Pierre:
Scripture addresses the heart, not the external conditions, as the direct cause of a person’s response.
Jeremy Pierre3
The answer to the question “Why did I sin?” or “Why am I tempted?” is always that my heart desired evil. That is always the ultimate answer.
Temptation is when our own desire lures and entices us. Then what happens?
Effect: Sin
Verse 15: “Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin.”
It’s no surprise that when we take the bait, we get a hook stuck in our mouth that yanks us in. As that desire takes root, it grows until sin is born.
The evil desires of our heart are not only displeasing to God, but they only grow in their badness. The fruit is rotten.
Trials, though difficult, strengthen our faith. They tighten our grip on God. Temptation does the opposite. It grips sin, and as it grows, that grip only gets tighter.
That’s why we are called to flee temptation. Remember: We can always say no to temptation. No matter what the external stimulus, no matter how great the desire of our hearts. 1 Corinthians 10:13 is true: “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”
We fight the evil desires of our heart, because if they are not cut off, they give birth to sin. And where does that lead?
End: Death
Finishing verse 15: “And sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”
You know, that’s where sin leads. The image here is of the conception, birth, and growth of a person. Once born, sin only grows. And there comes a time when it is fully grown that it brings death.
Temptation is the first link in a chain, and the last link is your sin killing you. It is no small thing. Your sin will continue to grow until through death you encounter judgment. And that judgment for those not in Christ is eternal suffering. Eternal fire. Sin will grow until it sends you to hell. That’s what death is.
Christian, hear me: God is still sovereign. Let the end of temptation teach you something about the nature of temptation (it’s evil, and to be repented of, and we ought to flee from it), but do not let it convince you that Psalm 121:7 is not true:
The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
Psalm 121:7
And if you are not in Christ, please know: The path you are walking on leads to death, then judgment. That’s not hyperbolic. It’s not an overstatement. But the grace of God is available to you by faith alone. Your sin requires everything of you, including your life, and will lead you to hell. God’s grace requires nothing of you and will end in you receiving the crown of life. Repent and believe.
All who are reading this, hear James: Take temptation seriously.
What is temptation? Temptation is the evil desire in our hearts that entices us to sin, which ultimately leads to death.
Take it seriously.
Case Study: Job’s Temptation
Let’s look at our case study again.
Where we left off, Job was under a trial and responded well by recognizing God’s sovereign hand and worshiping despite the suffering. But it didn’t stay that way forever. As Job sits in this suffering, he begins to have a change of heart.
He is enticed to sin. And he blames God. In Job 19:7, it’s recorded that he even implies God isn’t acting with justice. There was enormous pressure on Job from the outside because of the affliction. But his response eventually revealed what was in his own heart. He was tempted and led into sin. Where he initially did not sin with his lips, he eventually did sin in his heart.
And it wasn’t entirely. Job still said some good things and right things. He never lost the complete fear of God or anything like that. He just let bitterness take hold.
But that can’t be his fault, right? He lost everything! Wouldn’t the suffering be to blame? How could he not sin when he is in constant pain all over his body and has lost everything? Or Satan, whose hand did all of these things? Satan did it so that Job would not fear God. He did it to cause him to sin. This is the outcome he was going for, so wouldn’t he be the one responsible for Job’s sin? Or what about God, who ordained it all? Would Job have sinned if God were not testing him?
Well, God responds to Job. And he calls Job to repentance, boy does he. He holds no one and nothing besides Job responsible for his sin.
In Job 38 and 40, God answers Job out of the whirlwind for his bitterness and says, “Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.” And in chapter 40, he continues:
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Job 40:8
My friends, God will not have his glory tainted by us blaming him for the evil that came from the desire in our own heart. He will not have it. Job’s evil desire led him to sin, and God held him accountable. That’s the story. In fact, that’s the end of the story.
What Is the Difference Between Trials and Temptation?
Going back to James, have you thought about this question: Why is James contrasting trials and temptations? Why would he start out a letter by defining trials and temptations?
Here’s something that may surprise you about our text: the words trials and temptations in our translations are actually very similar words in Greek. They share the same root, and context makes a huge difference in how we know which sense is intended.
Think about how he defined each use of it. In the first sense, which we translate trials, they are something divinely orchestrated, that strengthens our faith, and that ends in life. But in the second sense, which we translate temptations, they are something we must not attribute to God, that leads to sin and ultimately ends in death. How can such similar words carry both of these senses?
You see, James is making a very complex argument here. To us, these varying definitions make sense. We have two entirely different words. But the original Greek-speaking audience had very similar words that carried two very different theological senses.
As you read James 1 in English, it is obvious that these words carry different meanings, but James is doing something profound for the original reader. He’s saying you need to be careful with how you use this idea, how you understand trials and temptations. They are not the same.
The imperatives on both sides of the argument are too important for you to conflate them. We must remain steadfast under trial so that we receive the crown of life. And we must never attribute what comes from the evil in our hearts to God!
You may feel pressure, but know that pressure from the outside and pressure from the inside are not the same. One leads to death, one leads to life. And we must respond to each differently.
How Should We Respond to Trials?
My friends, when you experience trials, hear what the Spirit of God says: Count it all joy. Though your trials are various, your God is in control. When you feel the pressure of affliction, know that it is doing what 2 Corinthians 4:17 says it is doing: “preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.”
You must have an eternal understanding of suffering. You must. You cannot think of suffering like the world does. You can’t look at trials like the world looks at them. Because suffering apart from Christ and suffering in Christ are two entirely different things.
When God sends the fiery trial upon you, you’re not surprised, and you know that the fire refines you as it refines gold. It doesn’t consume you. It makes you perfect and complete. And so you know how to rejoice.
Because the fire is so temporary. So you don’t focus on the flames, and your eyes are fixed on the one who holds you until the day that comes so soon when you will be in the fire no more, and all of your suffering in an instant will be gone forever. We know where trials come from: our Father. We know why they are there: our good. And we know how they end: the crown of life.
So we don’t grumble and complain about the trials. We don’t get angry at the God who tests us. We endure by rejoicing. We rejoice with endurance. We place our faith in God and wait on him.
How Should We Respond to Temptation?
Hear what the Spirit of God says: “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God.'”
While the original audience may have been more inclined to jumble these ideas together because of their language, we might be more inclined, because of ours, to miss how these two ideas are connected.
The reason we address trials and temptation together is that trials have a way of revealing our temptation. Suffering has a way of uncovering our sin.
We respond to the pressure of trials, and we can respond righteously or we can respond unrighteously.
Biblical counselors have come up with many illustrations to explain this concept, but I’m gonna put my own spin on it.
We are like sponges, and when we are squeezed, what we were holding inside is revealed. Like a sponge when the pressure is applied, what’s inside comes out. And what comes out is sometimes our sin.
But the pressure is not to blame for the sin. The evil desire was already in our hearts; the trial just revealed it. And that gives us the opportunity to repent. We don’t blame the squeeze for the content in the sponge. That is the direct question James is addressing.
Who is to blame? Here’s his answer, summarized in the words of the Puritan commentator Matthew Henry:
He is not the author of the dross, though his fiery trial exposes it.
Matthew Henry4
To blame God is to imply that he can be tainted by sin. Far be it from us to make that implication. God is holy, and his trials are not temptations. He has not been too harsh to you by sending the fire your way. He has not been unkind to me when I walk through suffering according to his plan. His trials are for my good. His plans for me are right. He is holy in all his ways.
You’re not unfairly treated by God because he’s too harsh. You’re unfairly treated by God because he’s too kind! We do not deserve the grace of trials. He is not to blame for our sin; we are. Fully, completely, even if it is in response to great difficulty.
So what do we do when we sin? What do we do when we are enticed by evil? Repent. Like Job, we repent and trust in the sovereign plan of God.
In the end, Job responded to God and said:
I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. “Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?” Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. “Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.” I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42:2–6
We take temptation seriously by taking responsibility for it.
In your counsel, you will encounter people who mix up trials and temptations, people who blame God or God’s tools for the sin that they respond with. It is such a common thing, and I think it is fair to say that we all do this. Be prepared to address it. Be prepared to give hope to those walking through trials and point them to the crown of life God is preparing them to receive. And be prepared to gently help brothers and sisters see the sin that they don’t even understand is coming from their own heart.
Be prepared to help people understand the difference between temptation and trials.
Temptation is the pressure from within that comes from the evil desire in our hearts and entices us to sin.
Trials are the pressure from without that comes from our Father to strengthen us and lead us to righteousness.
One leads to death, one leads to life. We must get it right.
Christ Took the Blame
Though we, like Job, so often blame God for our sin, have you considered the incredible, mind-bending reality that the Son of God did take the blame for our sin? Think about that.
Have you considered that while you say, “Don’t blame me, blame everything else,” Jesus Christ on the cross said, “Don’t blame him, don’t blame her, blame me”? Children of God, my brothers and sisters, God is so good to us. Our sin will never be fully grown, because through trials God is perfecting us. Christ paid the price for our sin on the cross and took the blame for all of our unrighteousness and all of our evil desire, and now his sovereign hand makes us righteous through trials and by grace alone, so that we will stand before the presence of his glory blameless and with great joy.
That’s our God and Savior, and to him be the glory.
Christian, though it is the evil desire in your heart that leads to sin, it is not the goodness in your heart that God sees as your righteousness. When you do face judgment, you will be judged entirely based on the Son of God, who took the blame for your sin so that you could have his righteousness.
You will receive the crown of life. You will. By God’s grace, you will stand the test. You will be made complete. Because of the body and blood of Christ, pierced on the cross for you.
If you are not in Christ, there is nothing you must do to earn righteousness. Repent and believe.
Christ’s body was pierced on the cross as he took all of the blame for your sin, forever. Christ’s blood was poured out so that you may be blameless and righteous before him.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Brooks Szewczyk
- This post is adapted from my sermon on James 1, “Suffering and Sin,” preached August 17, 2025, in the Counsel the Word series at Cornerstone Community Church.
- Thomas Brooks, A Heavenly Cordial (1665), written during the Great Plague of London, in The Works of Thomas Brooks, vol. 6.
- Jeremy Pierre, The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life: Connecting Christ to Human Experience (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2016).
- Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible, on James 1:12–18.
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