Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
13 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.
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When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
14 But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires.
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but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
15 Then our evil desires conceive and give birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
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Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Do not be deceived, my dear friends!
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Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.
17 Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.
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Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
18 By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.
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He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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