Verse 13
James 1:13
World English Bible, British Edition
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Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God (Elohim),” for
God (Elohim) can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Original Language Text
greek
μηδεὶς πειραζόμενος λεγέτω ὅτι Ἀπὸ θεοῦ πειράζομαι· ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἀπείραστός ἐστιν κακῶν, πειράζει δὲ αὐτὸς οὐδένα.
English Translation
Let no one who is tempted say that I am tempted by God; for God is not tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
James, a servant of God (Elohim) and of the Lord Yashua (Jesus) Christ, to the twelve tribes which a...
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2
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
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knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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4
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking in nothing.
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5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God (Elohim), who gives to
all liberally and without...
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6
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like
a wave of the sea, driven...
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7
For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
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8
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
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9
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
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10
and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in
the grass, he will pass away.
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11
For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and
the flower in it falls, and th...
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12
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been
approved, he will receive the crown...
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13
Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God (Elohim),” for
God (Elohim) can’t be tempted...
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But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
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15
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is
full grown, produces death.
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16
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.
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17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from
the Father of lights, with wh...
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18
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should
be a kind of first fruits o...
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19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear,
slow to speak, and slow to anger;
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for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God (Elohim).
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21
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness,
receive with humility the impl...
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22
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your
own selves.
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23
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man
looking at his natural face i...
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for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind
of man he was.
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25
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not
being a hearer who forgets but a...
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26
If anyone amongst you thinks himself to be religious while he
doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceive...
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Pure religion and undefiled before our God (Elohim) and Father is this: to visit
the fatherless and...
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