| 1:12 |
Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. |
| 1:13 |
No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one. |
| 1:14 |
Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away. |
| 1:15 |
Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death. |
| 1:16 |
And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers. |
| 1:17 |
Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration. |
| 1:18 |
For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures. |
