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James 1:12-22 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

12. God will bless you, if you don't give up when your faith is being tested. He will reward you with a glorious life, just as he rewards everyone who loves him.

13. Don't blame God when you are tempted! God cannot be tempted by evil, and he doesn't use evil to tempt others.

14. We are tempted by our own desires that drag us off and trap us.

15. Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us, it leaves us dead.

16. Don't be fooled, my dear friends.

17. Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing.

18. He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.

19. My dear friends, you should be quick to listen and slow to speak or to get angry.

20. If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things that God wants done.

21. You must stop doing anything immoral or evil. Instead be humble and accept the message that is planted in you to save you.

22. Obey God's message! Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it.

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