James 1:15
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.
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 variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Read in contextJob 15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Read in contextRomans 5:12–21
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Read in contextGenesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:4
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Read in contextGenesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Read in contextRomans 6:21–23
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Read in contextMicah 2:1–3
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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