James 1:15
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
14 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- KJV
- Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- WEB
- Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
- ASV
- Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
- DARBY
- then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
- BLB
- Then desire, having conceived, gives birth to sin; and sin, having become fully grown, brings forth death.
- ÅB
- deretter, når lysten har undfanget, føder den synd; men når synden er blitt fullmoden, føder den død.
- OTB
- Deretter, når begjæret har unnfanget, føder det synd; og synden, når den er fullvoksen, bringer død.
- B1930
- derefter, når lysten har undfanget, føder den synd; men når synden er blitt fullmoden, føder den død.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Read in contextJob 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Read in contextRomans 5:12–21
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
Read in contextGenesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Read in contextIsaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Read in contextGenesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Read in contextRomans 6:21–23
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
Read in contextMicah 2:1–3
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
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