James · 1:13-27

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Trials and Temptations

James 1:13

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All (7)Wesley Robertson Barnes JFB Henry Calvin Manton

John Wesley

1703–1791 · Anglican priest and leader of early Methodism

From his Explanatory Notes on the New Testament (1755), which Wesley adapted largely from Johann Bengel and others.

Wesley's Notes on the Bible

But let no man who is tempted - To sin. Say, I am tempted of God - God thus tempteth no man.

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