1:18 βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς Here is a stunning counter to 1:14–15, where James explained that desire (ἡ ἐπιθυμία) gives birth to sin, and that sin brings forth death. In 1:18, however, James no longer talks of our desires, but rather God’s desires (βουληθείς). Although the Greek word for “desire” here is different (the verb βούλομαι rather than the noun ἐπιθυμία), both words are in the same semantic domain (i.e., near synonyms in a thesaurus). Another similarity between 1:15 and 1:18 is the use