12 God will bless any man who is strong to take his trouble, when he is being tested. When he has proved he is strong, he will live for ever. That is what the Lord has promised to those who love him.

13 No one who wants to do something wrong should say, God is trying to make me do this wrong thing. God cannot do anything wrong.

14 It is their own heart which is wrong. That is why he wants to do something wrong. It fools him.

15 Then the wrong in his heart makes him do the wrong thing. And the wrong thing he has done leads to death.