James 1:12-24
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12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
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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:
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14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
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15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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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.
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18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
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24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.