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Of God (ἀπὸ Θεοῦ)
Lit., from God. Not by God, as the direct agent, but by agency proceeding from God. Compare Mat 4:1, where the direct agency, “by the spirit,” “by the devil,” is expressed by ὑπό.
Cannot be tempted (ἀπείραστος ἐστι)
Lit., is incapable of being tempted. But some of the best expositors render is unversed in, evil things, as better according both with the usage of the word and with the context, since the question is not of God's being tempted, but of God's tempting. Rev. gives this in margin. Ἀπείραστος, only here in New Testament.
Neither tempteth he (πειράζει δὲ αὐτὸς)
The A. V. fails to render αὐτὸς: “He himself tempteth no man.” So Rev.