James 1:14

But people strongly desire to do evil [PRS] things, and as a result they are tempted by those desires {those desires stimulate them} to do something evil [PRS, DOU].

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

In Context

13If people are tempted to do something that is evil, they should not think that it is God who is tempting them, because God is totally/completely good. He never tempts anyone to do what is evil, nor can he ever be tempted to do anything evil.

15Then, because they have desired [MET] to do evil [PRS] things, they begin to [MET] do [PRS] them. And when they have become ones who habitually do what is evil [MET], if they do not turn away from their sinful behavior, they will be separated from God forever.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:21When Yahweh smelled the pleasant odor, he was pleased with the sacrifice. Then he said to himself, “I will never again devastate everything on the earth because of the sinful things people do. Even though everything that people think is evil from the time they are young, I will not destroy all the living creatures again, as I did this time.

2 Samuel 11:2Late one afternoon, after David got up from taking a nap, he walked around on the flat roof of his palace. He saw a woman who was bathing in the courtyard of her house. The woman was very beautiful.

Job 31:9“If it were true that I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or that I have hidden myself and waited outside the door to her house,

Proverbs 4:23It is very important that you be careful about what you think, because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.

Hosea 13:9You people of Israel, you will be destroyed because you oppose me, the only one who ◄can help/helps► you.

Matthew 15:18You should know that what comes out of people’s mouths, meaning everything that they say [SYN], comes from their inner beings/hearts. Many of the things that they say cause God to consider them to be unacceptable to 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 →

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