13. Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man.
14. But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
15. Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.
16. Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
17. Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
18. For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creatures.
19. You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
20. For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.
21. Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23. For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass.