James 1:17
every good gift and perfect from above descendeth, from the Father of lights, with whom is no alteration, nor the shadow of vicissitude.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
16Do not err, my beloved brethren;
18He willed, and begat us by the word of truth, that we might be the first-ones of his creatures.
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 →