James 1:14

James 1:13-15 The Message (MSG)

Don’t let anyone under pressure to give in to evil say, “God is trying to trip me up.” God is impervious to evil, and puts evil in no one’s way. The temptation to give in to evil comes from us and only us. We have no one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust. Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin! Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.

James 1:14 New King James Version (NKJV)

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

James 1:14 King James Version (KJV)

but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

James 1:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

James 1:14 New Century Version (NCV)

But people are tempted when their own evil desire leads them away and traps them.

James 1:14 American Standard Version (ASV)

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

James 1:14 New International Version (NIV)

but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.

James 1:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion).

James 1:14 New Living Translation (NLT)

Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.

James 1:14 The Passion Translation (TPT)

Instead it is each person’s own desires and thoughts that drag them into evil and lure them away into darkness.

James 1:14 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.