James 1:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁴ But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own evil desire.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Everyone is tempted by their own cravings; they are lured away and enticed by them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

James 1:14 Cross References

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from his heart. These are what [spiritually] corrupt a person.

Matthew 15:20

and are what corrupt him [spiritually]. But eating [a meal] with [ceremonially] unwashed hands does not [spiritually] corrupt him.”

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up to the desert by the Holy Spirit in order to be put to the test by the devil.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with an improper sexual desire for her [body], has already been sexually unfaithful to his mate in his heart.

Romans 7:11

For by means of God’s commandment [against sinning], sin found an opportunity to deceive me and [even] kill me [spiritually].

Romans 7:13

Was this [commandment] then, which was intended for my good, [actually] responsible for my [spiritual] death? Certainly not! But so that sin could be seen as [truly] sinful, it produced [spiritual] death in me through something that was good [i.e., the commandment against sinning]. This was so that, by means of the commandment [against sinning], sin could be seen as extremely sinful.

Ephesians 4:22

You were [taught] to put away [the conduct of] your former lifestyle, your old person who is being corrupted by deceitful desires,

Hebrews 3:13

But [instead], encourage one another each day, as long as it is [still] called “Today,” so that none of you becomes stubborn [as a result] of the deceitfulness of sin.

James 1:13

No one should say when he is tempted, “God is tempting me,” because God cannot be tempted by evil and He does not tempt anyone.

James 1:15

Then, when the evil desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And when sin is fully grown, it produces [spiritual] death.