James 1:15
Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.
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14Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.
16And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers.
Cross References
Genesis 2:17But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”
Genesis 3:17Yet truly, to Adam, he said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life.
Job 15:35He has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit.
Psalms 9:17The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. Pause
Micah 2:1Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God.
Matthew 26:48And he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying: “Whomever I will kiss, it is he. Take hold of him.”
Matthew Henry on James 1:14-19
Procedure and Results of Sin. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no… Read the whole commentary →