James 1:16
Do not be deceived, my dear friends.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
In Context
15Then passion conceives and gives birth to sin, and sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth death.
Cross References
Mark 12:24‘Is not the reason of your mistake,’ answered Jesus, ‘your ignorance of the scriptures and of the power of God?
1 Corinthians 6:9Don’t you know that wrongdoers will have no share in God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sexual pervert,
Philippians 2:12Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.
Colossians 2:4I say this to prevent anyone from deceiving you by plausible arguments.
2 Timothy 2:18They have gone completely astray as regards the truth; they say that a resurrection has already taken place, and so upset some people’s faith.
James 1:19Mark this, my dear friends – Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;
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 →