lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death” (Jas 1:14–15 ESV). James is not telling us that bad desires are not sin, however. Paul has affirmed that we take every thought captive to obey Christ. The same statement makes it clear that thoughts can disobey Chris‌t, and such thoughts—which would include the sorts of desires James mentioned, and the sort of desire Adam’s wife conceived—are by definition