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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JAS.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JAS.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When tempted, no one should say, &#8220;God is tempting me.&#8221; For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JAS.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JAS.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JAS.1.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JAS.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JAS.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JAS.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.</span></span></div>
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