Then when lust has conceived . The allusion here is obvious. The meaning is, when the desire that we have naturally is stimulated, or made…

Then when lust have conceived. . . .—Then come the downward steps of ruin—Lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin;…

For God cannot be tempted with evil, neither does He tempt any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn by his own lust, and enticed. Th…

James changes his figure from a snare to conception and birth to describe the experience of yielding to sin. The genealogy of evil desire is traced…

Then when lust has conceived. He first calls that lust which is not any kind of evil affection or desire, but that which is the f…

Then when lust has conceived
A proposal of pleasure or profit being made, agreeable to lust, or the principle of cor…

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…