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Ye greatly rejoice (ἀγαλλιᾶσθε)
The word is always employed in the New Testament for great or lively joy. See Mat 5:12; Luk 1:47; Luk 10:21.
For a season (ὀλίγον)
More literally and correctly, as Rev., for a little while. Compare 1Pe 5:10. The word is used nowhere else in the New Testament in this sense.
In heaviness (λυπηθέντες)
Lit., having been grieved. Rev., ye have been put to grief.
Through (ἐν)
But Rev., better, in; the preposition not being instrumental, but indicating the sphere or environment in which the grief operates.
Manifold (ποικίλοις)
Literally the word means variegated. It is used to describe the skin of a leopard, the different-colored veinings of marble, or an embroidered robe; and thence passes into the meaning of changeful, diversified, applied to the changing months or the variations of a strain of music. Peter employs it again, 1Pe 4:10, of the grace of God, and James of temptations, as here (Jam 1:2). Compare πολυποίκιλος, manifold, in Eph 3:10, applied to the wisdom of God. The word gives a vivid picture of the diversity of the trials, emphasizing this idea rather than that of their number, which is left to be inferred.
Temptations (πειρασμοῖς)
Better, trials, as in margin of Rev., since the word includes more than direct solicitation to evil. It embraces all that goes to furnish a test of character. Compare Jam 1:2.