James 1:12-14

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¹²^[a]^(A)Blessed is the man, that endureth ^[b]tentation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

¹³^[c]Let no man say when he is ^[d]tempted, I am tempted of God: ^[e]for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.

¹⁴But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own concupiscence, and is enticed.

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James 1:12 The conclusion: Therefore we must patiently bear the cross: and he addeth a fourth argument, which comprehendeth the sum of all the former, to wit, because we come by this way to the crown of life, but yet of grace according to the promise.
James 1:12 Affliction whereby the Lord trieth him.
James 1:13 The third part of this Epistle, wherein he descendeth from outward tentations, that is, from afflictions, whereby God trieth us, to inward, that is, to those lusts whereby we are stirred up to do evil. The sum is this: Every man is the author of these temptations to himself, and not God: for we bear about in our bosoms that wicked corruption, which taketh occasions by what means soever, to stir up evil motions in us, whence out at length proceed wicked doing, and in conclusion followeth death the just reward of them.
James 1:13 When he is provoked to do evil.
James 1:13 Here is a reason showed, why God cannot be the author of evil doing in us, because he desireth not evil.

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