When tempted, no one should say, 'God has tempted me.' For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone to evil — James establishes a crucial boundary: God's character precludes his leading anyone toward sin (eis kakon). The Greek apeirastos (untempable) emphasizes God's immunity to moral corruption as well as his refusal to be the author of temptation toward evil. Yet James does not deny that God permits testing (peirasmoi); rather, he distinguishes carefully between testing of character and solicitation to sin.

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