So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.
James 1:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). American Standard Version (1901) but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Common English Bible Everyone is tempted by their own cravings; they are lured away and enticed by them. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. |
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of humans was great in the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
So David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house.
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,
“If my heart has been enticed by a woman and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.
These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil.
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
For sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
Did what is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin that was working death in me through what is good, in order that it might be shown to be sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.
to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one.
then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.