James 1:13
No one who is tempted should say, "God is tempting me." For God is beyond the reach of evil's temptation, and he never tempts anyone.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 ·
Day 23 — Temptation cites James 1:13–15
…it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” — James 1:13–15 (BSB) Fishermen don’t throw a bare hook into the water. They hide it inside something the…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
The Absence of Good cites JAMES 1:13
…I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. JAMES 1:13 Where evil begins So the question whence is evil? leads back, in the end, to the will.…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
Is God in Everything? cites JAMES 1:13
…I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: JAMES 1:13 The cross is the supreme case: wicked hands crucified the Lord, and the same event was by…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon IV cites James i. 13
…that is wise and just, and had no need; or a known thief or murderer? I say therefore as James i. 13, 14, 15. “Let no man say, when he is tempted, that he is tempted of God,” for God cannot…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites James 1:13
…seems rude and harsh to ask God not to lead us into temptation, since, as James declares (James 1:13), it is contrary to his nature to do so. This difficulty has already been partly solved…