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214 Christian churches and properties are destroyed.322 Christians are killed for their faith.However, of one thing we can be certain, Christians will face various trials. In any regard, we can't be sure of what the nature of the trials were for the original readers, or those that we ourselves will face today. James is not thinking of any particular trial, but the nature or essence of a 'trial.'" The Pillar New Testament Commentary holds that ".a 'trial' refers to any difficulty in life that may threaten our faithfulness to Christ: physical illness, financial reversal, the death of a loved one. Others have argued that James is simply addressing trials in general. It's thought that they faced trials in the form of persecution by economic injustice and oppression. Some have thought that the various trials are those facing James' original readers - Jewish Christians who spread out from Jerusalem in the first century. Many have attempted to define the nature of the various trials but there's no real consensus. According to Yale Anchor Bible commentary, the word "trials" doesn't indicate circumstances that are sought or chosen, and the trials can result from internal temptation or external circumstances that will try or test a believer. In verse 2 the topic of trials is introduced. First of 3 Themes of the Book of James - TrialsĢ.