2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,a whenever you face trials of many kinds,f3 because you know that the testing of your faithg produces perseverance.h
The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.