James 1:13

1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, ¹  and he himself tempts no one.

James 1:18

1:18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth ²  through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

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¹ tn Or “God must not be tested by evil people.”

² tn Grk “Having willed, he gave us birth.”