My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials,

Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.

But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desire, and is deluded.

So, then, desire, when it has conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when it is matured, brings forth death.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and sent them out another way?