New American Standard Bible 1995

James 1:13-18

13Let no one say when he is tempted, “1I am being tempted 2by God”; for God cannot be tempted 3by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15Then 4when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when 5sin 6is accomplished, it brings forth death. 16 7Do not be 8deceived, 9my beloved brethren. 17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is 10from above, coming down from 11the Father of lights, 12with whom there is no variation or 13shifting shadow. 18In the exercise of 14His will He 15brought us forth by 16the word of truth, so that we would be 17a kind of 18first fruits 19among His creatures.

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Notes

1. James 1:13 Gen 22:1 ↩
2. James 1:13 Lit from ↩
3. James 1:13 Lit of evil things ↩
4. James 1:15 Job 15:35; Ps 7:14; Is 59:4 ↩
5. James 1:15 Rom 5:12; 6:23 ↩
6. James 1:15 Lit is brought to completion ↩
7. James 1:16 1 Cor 6:9 ↩
8. James 1:16 Or misled ↩
9. James 1:16 Acts 1:15; James 1:2, 19; 2:1, 5, 14; 3:1, 10; 4:11; 5:12, 19 ↩
10. James 1:17 John 3:3; James 3:15, 17 ↩
11. James 1:17 Ps 136:7; 1 John 1:5 ↩
12. James 1:17 Mal 3:6 ↩
13. James 1:17 Lit shadow of turning ↩
14. James 1:18 John 1:13 ↩
15. James 1:18 James 1:15; 1 Pet 1:3, 23 ↩
16. James 1:18 2 Cor 6:7; Eph 1:13; 2 Tim 2:15 ↩
17. James 1:18 Or a certain first fruits ↩
18. James 1:18 Jer 2:3; Rev 14:4 ↩
19. James 1:18 Lit of ↩

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