James 1:12-18 - Testing And Tempting
12 Blessed is the man who remains firm under temptation, for, when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of Life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 Let no one say, when he is tempted, "It is God who is tempting me!" For God, who cannot be tempted to do wrong, does not himself tempt any one. 14 A man is in every case tempted by his own passions--allured and enticed by them. 15 Then Passion conceives and gives birth to Sin, and Sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth Death.
16 Do not be deceived, my dear Brothers. 17 Every good thing given us, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down to us from the Maker of the Lights in the heavens, who is himself never subject to change or to eclipse. 18 Because he so willed, he gave us Life, through the Message of the Truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.