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12 ) Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
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13 ) Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man:
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14 ) But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
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15 ) Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.
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16 ) Do not go astray, my beloved brethren.
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17 ) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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18 ) Of his own will brings forth he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first- fruits of his creatures.