James 1:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted {G2076} with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μηδεὶς πειραζόμενος Λεγέτω, ὅτι Ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πειράζομαι: ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς ἀπείραστός ἐστιν κακῶν, πειράζει δὲ αὐτὸς οὐδένα:

Transliteration

No one being peirazomenos let him Legetō, that From Theou I am peirazomai: the for Theos apeirastos estin of kakōn, peirazei and himself no one:

Grammar Details

*peirazomenos*: present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being tempted
*Legetō*: present, active, imperative, 3rd person singular - let him say
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - source (from God)
*peirazomai*: present, passive, indicative, 1st person singular - I am being tempted
*Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - subject
*apeirastos*: nominative, masculine, singular - predicate adjective
*estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
*kakōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - objective genitive (by evil things)
*peirazei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - tempts

Word Meanings

*peirazomenos*: being tempted/being tested/being tried
*Legetō*: let him say/should say
*peirazomai*: I am tempted/I am tested/I am tried
*apeirastos*: unable to be tempted/not temptable/untested
*kakōn*: evil things/bad things/harmful things
*peirazei*: tempts/tests/tries

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rom 9:19-20 : 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
Jas 1:2 : 2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
Gen 3:12 : 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Isa 63:17 : 17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Hab 2:12-13 : 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

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