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14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.
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but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it 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 So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.
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Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.
17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
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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 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.
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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.
19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
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My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
20 Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
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because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
21 So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
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Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
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Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
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Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
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and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
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