| James 1:13
| 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.
| God is not a tempter{ Ver. 13. Deus enim intentator, that is non tentator; by the Greek, apeirastos; which may signify intentabilis, qui non potest tentari.|} of evils, and he tempteth no man. Here to tempt, is to draw and entice another to the evil of sin, which God cannot do. The Greek may also signify, he neither can be tempted, nor tempt any one. But every one is thus tempted by the evil desires of his corrupt nature, which is called concupiscence, and which is not properly called a sin of itself, but only when we yield to it. (Witham)
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