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James 1:15 Cross-References
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“Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
James 1:15 (KJV)
Commentary on James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. James traces the lifecycle of sin: desire conceives (syllabousa, συλλαβοῦσα), gives birth to sin (hamartian, ἁμαρτίαν), and sin when mature (apoteleisthēsa, ἀποτελεσθεῖσα) brings forth death (thanaton, θάνατον). The reproductive metaphor shows inevitability—unchecked lust inevitably kills. Sin is not an isolated act but a process culminating in spiritual death.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for James 1:15
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“he travails with iniquity. Yes”
“and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.,They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit., הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹד[c] אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָה׃ ס ,They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their belly prepareth deceit.,ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον,And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.,,,,”
“as sin entered into the world through one man”
“you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die.,But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.,וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת׃ ,but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. a Heb. Hiddekel.”
“and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity”
“and that it was a delight to the eyes”
“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.”
“they practice it”
“with Sapphira”
“Hell} were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death”