James 1:15
then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Cross References
Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die.
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Matthew 26:48Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize 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 →