James 1:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

James 1:14 —

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Cross-References

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Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, …
Ephesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Matthew 15:18
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Romans 7:13
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Cupidity Depravity of Man Desire Faith Guilt Lasciviousness Lust

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-18)

I. We are here taught that God is not the author of any man’s sin. Whoever they are who raise persecutions against men, and whatever injustice and sin they may be guilty of in proceeding against them, God is not to be charged with it. And, whatever sins good men may themselves be provoked to by their exercises and afflictions, God is not the cause of them. It seems to be here supposed that some pr…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. Every man, when tempted, is so through being drawn away of (again here, as in Jas 1:13, the Greek for “of” expresses the actual source, rather than the agent of temptation) his own lust. The cause of sin is in ourselves. Even Satan’s suggestions do not endanger us before they are made our own. Each one has his own peculiar (so the Greek) lust, arising from his own temperament and habit. Lust f…