James 1:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let no man say when he is tempted , I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any 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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King James 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 yet find fault? For who hath resisted 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 hast thou made me thus?
Jas 1:2 : 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers 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 LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened 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 stablisheth a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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