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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 1:14 - 1:14
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Every man, when tempted, is so through being drawn away of (again here, as in Jam 1:13, the Greek for “of” expresses the actual source, rather than the agent of temptation) his own lust. The cause of sin is in ourselves. Even Satan’s suggestions do not endanger us before they are made our own. Each one has his own peculiar (so the Greek) lust, arising from his own temperament and habit. Lust flows from the original birth-sin in man, inherited from Adam.
drawn away - the beginning step in temptation: drawn away from truth and virtue.
enticed - literally, “taken with a bait,” as fish are. The further progress: the man allowing himself (as the Greek middle voice implies) to be enticed to evil [Bengel]. “Lust” is here personified as the harlot that allures the man.