James 1:16 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Don't be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.

English Standard Version
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

New American Standard Bible
Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

King James Bible
Do not err, my beloved brethren.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.

International Standard Version
Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

American Standard Version
Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.

Darby Bible Translation
Do not err, my beloved brethren.

Young's Literal Translation
Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;

Cross References

Acts 1:15
And in those days Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

1 Corinthians 6:9
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

James 1:2
My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;

James 1:19
Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

James 2:1
My brothers, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?

James 2:14
What does it profit, my brothers, though a man say he has faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

James 3:1
My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

James 3:10
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not so to be.

James 4:11
Speak not evil one of another, brothers. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our own fault. The tried Christian shall be a crowned one. The crown of life is promised to all who have the love of God reigning in their hearts. Every soul that truly loves God, shall have its trials in this world fully recompensed in that world above, where love is made perfect. The commands of God, and the dealings of his providence, try men's hearts, and show the dispositions which prevail in them. But nothing sinful in the heart or conduct can be ascribed to God. He is not the author of the dross, though his fiery trial exposes it. Those who lay the blame of sin, either upon their constitution, or upon their condition in the world, or pretend they cannot keep from sinning, wrong God as if he were the author of sin. Afflictions, as sent by God, are designed to draw out our graces, but not our corruptions. The origin of evil and temptation is in our own hearts. Stop the beginnings of sin, or all the evils that follow must be wholly charged upon us. God has no pleasure in the death of men, as he has no hand in their sin; but both sin and misery are owing to themselves. As the sun is the same in nature and influences, though the earth and clouds, often coming between, make it seem to us to vary, so God is unchangeable, and our changes and shadows are not from any changes or alterations in him. What the sun is in nature, God is in grace, providence, and glory; and infinitely more. As every good gift is from God, so particularly our being born again, and all its holy, happy consequences come from him. A true Christian becomes as different a person from what he was before the renewing influences of Divine grace, as if he were formed over again. We should devote all our faculties to God's service, that we may be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

16. Do not err in attributing to God temptation to evil; nay (as he proceeds to show), "every good," all that is good on earth, comes from God.