James 1:13
Good News Translation
If we are tempted by such trials, we must not say, "This temptation comes from God." For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Don't blame God when you are tempted! God cannot be tempted by evil, and he doesn't use evil to tempt others.

New American Bible
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man.

no man.

James 1:2,12 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations: . . .

Genesis 3:12 And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Isaiah 63:17 Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:12,13 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity. . . .

Romans 9:19,20 Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? For who resisteth his will? . . .

,

evil.

Context
Good and Perfect Gifts
12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him. 13Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man. 14But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.…
Cross References
Genesis 22:1
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

Matthew 4:7
Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

James 1:14
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

James 1:12
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