Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him. 13Let 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. 14But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. 15Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death. 16Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren. 17Every 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. 18For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of his creature.