James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
KJV
εἶτα ἡ ἐπιθυμία συλλαβοῦσα τίκτει ἁμαρτίαν, ἡ δὲ ἁμαρτία ἀποτελεσθεῖσα ἀποκύει θάνατον.
Greek NT
Deinde concupiscentia cum conceperit, parit peccatum : peccatum vero cum consummatum fuerit, generat mortem.
Vulgate
Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
ASV
Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἶτα
eita
adverb · 14×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
συλλαμβάνω
sullambano
verb · 16×
τίκτω
tikto
verb · 18×
ἀποκυέω
apokueo
verb · 2×
ἀποτελέω
apoteleo
verb · 2×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐπιθυμία
epithumia
noun · 38×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 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 …
He who had brought me up, sold me to one Rhoda at Rome. Many years after this I recognised her, and I began to love her as a sister. Some time after, I saw her bathing in the river Tiber; and I gave her my hand, and drew her out of the river. I then thought within myself, saying, "How happy should I be if I had a wife of such beauty and manner."
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
- 1John 3:15 — Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
- 1John 5:17 — All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
- Acts 5:1 — But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
- Ezek 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- 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 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sak
- Gen 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Gen 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- Isa 33:11 — Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
- Isa 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Jas 5:20 — Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
- Job 15:35 — They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
- Job 15:35 — They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
- 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
- Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Ps 7:14 — Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
- Ps 7:14 — Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
- Rev 20:14 — And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
- Rom 5:12 — Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
- Rom 5:12 — Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
- Rom 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.