¹⁴But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. ¹⁵Then desire ^xwhen it has conceived gives birth to sin, and ^ysin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

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x Job 15:35; Ps. 7:14; Isa. 59:4
y Rom. 5:12; 6:23

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NIVNew International Version (2011)

but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

NLTNew Living Translation

Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away and enticed by his own desires. Then desire, after it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is brought to completion, gives birth to death.

KJV 1900King James Version

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

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