James 1:15 KJV — MannaFest

James 1:15

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

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ASV

Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

WEB

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

YLT

afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

DBT

then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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28 verses on the floor

Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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All passion, and rash anger, and vile affections, ought to be suppressed. The word of God should be made our chief study: and what we hear and know of it we must take care to practise, otherwise our religion will prove but a vain thing. To this is added an account wherein pure religion consists,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Stop the beginnings of sin therefore, or else all the evils it produces must be wholly charged upon us. The final issue of sin, and how it ends: Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. After sin is brought forth in actual commissions, the finishing of it (as Dr. Manton observes) is its being strengthened by frequent acts and settled into a habit.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The guilty union is committed by the will embracing the temptress. "Lust," the harlot, then, "brings forth sin," namely, of that kind to which the temptation inclines. Then the particular sin (so the Greek implies), "when it is completed, brings forth death," with which it was all along pregnant [ALFORD].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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JAS 1:15GEN 2:17 ROM 6:23
JAS 1:15PSA 7:14 JOB 15:35
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JAS 1:15GEN 2:17 GEN 3:19
JAS 1:15GEN 2:17 1CO 15:56
JAS 1:15GEN 2:17 REV 21:8
JAS 1:15GEN 2:17 1CO 15:22
JAS 1:15PSA 7:14 ISA 59:4-5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JAS 1:15PSA 7:14 ISA 33:11

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