14. But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions).
15. Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death.
16. Do not be misled, my beloved brethren.
17. Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].
18. And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].
19. Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry.