When he is drawn away by his own lust (υπο της ιδιας επιθυμιας εξελκομενος). Επιθυμια is old word for craving (from επιθυμεω, to h…

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust. That is, the fountain or source of all temptation is in man hims…

So far the inspired Apostle has spoken of the outward part of temptation; now he lays bare the inner—for we suffer the twofold evil. From without c…

For God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.…

The word “temptation” here is the same as “trials” in v.2 (see comment on v.2); here, however, it obviously means temptation (see the words “evil” …

When he is drawn away by his own lust. As the inclination and stirring to sin are inward, it is in vain that the sinner seeks a cause from…

But every man is tempted
To sin, and he falls in with the temptation, and by it,

It is not everyone who suffers who is blessed, but the one who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflic…