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James 1:13Jas.1.13

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Que personne, lorsqu'il est tenté, ne dise: C'est Dieu qui me tente. Car Dieu ne peut être tenté par le mal, et il ne tente lui-même personne.

KJV

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

Patristic reading

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  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    pes scandalum faciens corpori pedi: » necessarius mihi non es«, et praecidens repellat eum a se. 11 Jac. 1, 12 – 19. 25ff. 32f. 36 I. Kor. 12, 21 23 τι Kl nach lat. τὸ M H 34 εὑρεθείη] + in ecclesia lat.; gr. läßt auch S. 246f die “Kirche“ fort 24 <manus> Kl nach Diehl vgl. gr. 2…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    εθείη ποὺς σκάνδαλον τοῦ ὅλου γινόμενος σώματος, λεγέτω ἡ κεφαλὴ τῷ τοιούτῳ ποδί· »χρείαν σου οὐκ 11 Jac. 1, 12 – 19. 25ff. 32f. 36 I. Kor. 12, 21 23 τι Kl nach lat. τὸ M H 34 εὑρεθείη] + in ecclesia lat.; gr. läßt auch S. 246f die “Kirche“ fort 24 <manus> Kl nach Diehl vgl. gr.…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    d by something above him, namely by God, but he could not thus be led into sin, because according to James 1:13, "God is not a tempter of evils." Reply to Objection 2: Just as God knew that man, through being tempted, would fall into sin, so too He knew that man was able, by his…

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