Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.

Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.

But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed;

then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.

Was not Abraham our father accepted as righteous through works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot accounted as righteous through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

For when we put the bits into the horses mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about also their whole body.