James 1:15
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. | Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. | Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death. |
In context
AI-assisted, sourcedJames 1:12-18Temptation and every good gift
About James 1James writes to "the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad": "count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations," for "the trying of your faith worketh patience," and anyone who lacks wisdom should "ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally." God tempts no one; "every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust," while "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above." So be "swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath," and be "doers of the word, and not hearers only," for pure religion is "To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." James 1:1James 1:2James 1:3James 1:5James 1:13James 1:14James 1:17James 1:19James 1:22James 1:27
Original Greek words
| English | Greek | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then | εἶτα | eita | G1534 | thenεἶτα (eita) εἶτα adv., denoting sequence; 1. of time; then, next: Mrk.8:25, Luk.8:12, Jhn.13:5 19:27 20:27, 1Ti.3:10, Jas.1:15; before genitive abs., Mrk.4:17; in enumerations, 1Co.15:5 15:7 15:24, 1Ti.2:13. 2. In argument; (a) therefore, then, (b) furthermore: Heb.12:9 (cf. εἶτεν).† (AS) |
| desire | ἐπιθυμία | epithumia | G1939 | desireἐπιθυμία (epithumia) ἐπιθυμία, -ας, ἡ (έπιθυμέω), [in LXX chiefly for תַּאֲוָה, אָוָה; also for חֶמֶד, etc. ;] desire, longing: Luk.22:15 (see: ἐπιθυμέω), Php.1:23, 1Th.2:17, Rev.18:14; p1., Mrk.4:19; esp. with ref. to forbidden things, desire, lust (Vg., concupiscentia): Rom.7:7-8, Jas.1:14-15, 2Pe.1:4; pl., Gal.5:24, 1Ti.6:9, 2Ti.2:22 4:3, 1Pe.1:14 4:2; πάθος ἐπιθυμίας, 1Th.4:5; ἐ. κακή, Col.3:5; with genitive, μιασμοῦ, 2Pe.2:10 (see Mayor, in l); τ. καρδιῶν, Rom.1:24; τ. κόσμου (aroused by the world), 1Jn.2:17; τ. σώματος, Rom.6:12; τ. ἀπάτης, Eph.4:22 (see ICC, in l); τ. σαρκός, 1Jn.2:16, 2Pe.2:18 (without ar … |
| having conceived | συλλαβοῦσα | sullabousa | G4815 | to seize/conceive/helpσυλλαμβάνω (sullambanō) συλ-λαμβάνω [in LXX for תָּפַשׂ, הָרָה, etc. ;] 1. with accusative, to bring together, collect. 2. to seize, take: with accusative of person(s), as a prisoner, Mat.26:55, Mrk.14:48, Luk.22:54, Jhn.18:12, Act.1:16 12:3; pass., Act.23:27; mid., in sense of act., Act.26:21; σ. ἄγραν ἰχθύων, Luk.5:9. 3. C. dative of person(s), to take part with, assist, succour; mid., in same sense: Luk.5:7, Php.4:3. 4. Of a woman, to conceive: absol., Luk.1:24; before ἐν γαστρί, Luk.1:31; with accusative, Luk.1:36; ib. before ἐν τ. κοιλίᾳ, Luk.2:21; metaphorically, of lust producing sin, Jas.1:15.† (AS) |
| it gives birth to | τίκτει | tiktei | G5088 | to give birth toτίκτω (tiktō) τίκτω [in LXX chiefly for יָלַד ;] prop., of parents, to beget, bring forth, but esp. the latter, and so always in NT: absol., Luk.1:57 2:6, Jhn.16:21, Gal.4:27" (LXX) (see M, Pr., 127), Rev.12:2, 4; υἱόν, Mat.1:21, 23 1:25 Luk.1:31 2:7, Rev.12:5, 13; pass., Mat.2:2, Luk.2:11. Metaphorical, of the earth, βοτάνην, Heb.6:7 (Æsch., al.); of lust, ἁμαρτίαν, Jas.1:15.† (AS) |
| sin, | ἁμαρτίαν, | hamartian | G0266 | sinἁμαρτία (hamartia) ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ (ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ;] prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word); (a) guilt, sin (Plat., Arist., al.); (b) more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure. In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense; … |
| and | δὲ | de | G1161 | thenδέ (de) δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff., 2Co.6:15, 16, 2Pe.1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Rom.3:21, 22, 9:30, 1Co.2:6, Gal.2:2, Php.2:8; in transition to something new, Mat.1:18, 2:19, Luk.13:1, Jhn.7:14, Act.6:1, Rom.8:28, 1Co.7:1 8:1, al.; in explanatory parenthesis or addition, Jhn.3:19, Rom.5:8, 1Co.1:12, Eph.2:4, 5:32, al.; ὡς δέ, Jhn.2:9; καὶ . . . δέ, but also, Mat.10:18, Luk.1:76, Jhn.6:51, Rom.11:23, al.; … |
| sin | ἁμαρτία | hamartia | G0266 | sinἁμαρτία (hamartia) ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ (ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ;] prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word); (a) guilt, sin (Plat., Arist., al.); (b) more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure. In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense; … |
| having become fully grown | ἀποτελεσθεῖσα | apotelestheisa | G0658 | to completeἀποτελέω (apoteleō) ἀπο-τελέω, -ῶ [in LXX: I Est.5:73, 1Ma.15:39 * ;] to bring to an end, complete, accomplish (cf. MM, see word): Luk.13:32, Jas.1:15.† (AS) |
| it brings forth | ἀποκύει | apokuei | G0616 | to generateἀποκυέω (apokueō) ἀπο-κυέω (Rec. -κύω), -ῶ (ἀπό, κυέω or κύω, to be pregnant), [in LXX: 4Ma.15:17 * ;] prop., "the medical word for birth as the close of pregnancy" (Hort, Ja., 26 f.). In κοιν, "an ordinary syn. of τίκτω, but definitely 'perfectivised' (M, Pr., 111 ff.; MM, see word) by the ἀπό, and so implying safe delivery," to bring forth, give birth to: Jas.1:15, 18.† (AS) |
| death. | θάνατον.¶ | thanaton | G2288 | deathθάνατος (thanatos) θάνατος, -ου, ὁ (θνήσκω), [in LXX chiefly for מָוֶת ,מוּת, sometimes דֶּבֶר ;] death; 1. of the death of the body, whether natural or violent: Jhn.11:13, Php.2:27, Heb.7:23, al; opposite to ζωή, Rom.8:38, Php.1:20; of the death of Christ, Rom.5:10, Php.3:10, Heb.2:9; ῥυέσθαι (σώζειν) ἐκ θ., 2Co.1:10, Heb.5:7; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου, Mat.26:38, Mrk.14:34; μέχρι (ἄχρι), Php.2:8, Rev.2:10; πληγὴ θανάτου, a deadly wound. Rev.13:3; ἰδεῖν θάνατον, Luk.2:26, Heb.11:5; γεύεσθαι θανάτου, Mrk.9:1; ἔνοχος θανάτου, Mrk.14:64; θανάτῳ τελευτᾶν ( Exo.21:17, מוּת יוּמָת), Mrk.7:10; death personified, Rom.6: … |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.