Blessed is anyone who perseveres when trials come. Such a person is of proven worth and will win the prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Never, when you are being put to the test, say, "God is tempting me." God cannot be tempted by evil, and he does not put anybody to the test. Everyone is put to the test by being attracted and seduced by that person's own wrong desire. Then the desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and when sin reaches full growth, it gives birth to death.
Make no mistake about this, my dear brethren; all that is good, all that is perfect, is given us from above; it comes down from the Father of all light; with him there is no such thing as alteration, no shadow caused by change. By HIS own choice, HE gave birth to us by the message of the truth so that we should be a sort of first fruits of all HIS creation.
- James 1:12-18
HAPPY THE MAN WHOM YOU TEACH O LORD! (Psalm 94)
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