Jas 1:12-18

Temptation. 12^g Blessed is the man who perseveres in temptation,^* for when he has been proved he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him. 13^* No one experiencing temptation should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God is not subject to temptation to evil, and he himself tempts no one.^h 14Rather, each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15Then desire conceives and brings forth sin, and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death.

16^* Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers: 17all good giving and every perfect gift^* is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change. 18ⁱ He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.^*