James 1:14
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
KJV
ἕκαστος δὲ πειράζεται ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος καὶ δελεαζόμενος·
Greek NT
Unusquisque vero tentatur a concupiscentia sua abstractus, et illectus.
Vulgate
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
ASV
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δελεάζω
deleazo
verb · 3×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πειράζω
peirazo
verb · 38×
ἐξέλκω
exelko
verb · 1×
ἐπιθυμία
epithumia
noun · 38×
ἕκαστος
ekastos
adjective · 84×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2847The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, which are necessary for the growth of the inner man,152 and temptation, which leads to sin and death.153 We must also discern between being tempted and consenting to temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation, whose object appears to be good, a "delight to the eyes" and desirable,154 when in reality its fruit …
And lead us not into temptation. We have now heard enough what toil and labor is required to retain all that for which we pray, and to persevere therein, which, however, is not achieved without infirmities and stumbling. Although we have received forgiveness and a good conscience, yet our life is so constituted that one stands today and tomorrow falls. We are attacked on all si…
Is the will moved by the intellect? Is it moved by the sensitive appetite? Does the will move itself? Is it moved by an extrinsic principle? Is it moved by a heavenly body? Is the will moved by God alone as by an extrinsic principle? Article 1. Whether the will is moved by the intellect? Objection 1. It would seem that the will is not moved by the intellect. For Augustine says …
Man was from the beginning created by God after the image of God, in righteousness and true holiness, good and upright. But when at the instigation of the serpent and by his own fault he abandoned goodness and righteousness, man became subject to sin, death and various calamities. And what he became by the fall, that is, subject to sin, death and various calamities, such are al…
The serpent is pleasure (hedone), the most dangerous enemy of the rational soul. The serpent attacks through the senses — represented by Eve — to corrupt the mind — represented by Adam. Philo argues that pleasure does not approach the mind directly but works through sense-perception, which is why the serpent speaks first to the woman. The fall is the universal human story of re…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 21:2 — And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it s
- 1Kgs 21:2 — And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it s
- 1Kgs 21:4 — And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid hi
- 2Sam 11:2 — And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautif
- 2Sam 11:3 — And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
- 2Sam 11:4 — And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
- 2Sam 12:4 — And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dress
- Eph 4:22 — That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
- Gen 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
- Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Gen 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
- Heb 3:13 — But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- Heb 3:13 — But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- Isa 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- Isa 65:2 — I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
- Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Job 31:1 — I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
- Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
- Job 31:27 — And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
- Josh 7:21 — When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid i
- Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- Mal 2:15 — And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife
- Mark 7:20 — And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
- Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- Matt 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Matt 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Matt 15:18 — But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
- Matt 15:20 — These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
- Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- Prov 6:25 — Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Prov 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Rom 7:8 — But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
- Rom 7:11 — For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
- Rom 7:13 — Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
- Rom 8:6 — For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
- Rom 8:13 — For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.