My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

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

And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"?