James 1:15
Then after the desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and after the sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
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14But each person is tempted by his own desire, which drags him away and entices him.
16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
Cross References
Genesis 2:17But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, for on the day that you eat from it, you will surely die.”
Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, 1 “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 1 and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, 1 saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 1 cursed is the ground because of you; 1 through painful work you will eat from it all the days of your life. 1
Job 15:35They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity; 1 their womb conceives deceit.”
Psalms 9:17The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol, 1 all the nations that forget God. 1
Micah 2:1Woe to those who plan iniquity, 1 to those who plan on their beds to do evil. 1 In the morning light they do it 1 because they have power. 1
Matthew 26:48Now the man who was going to betray Jesus had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, he is the one. 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 →