Jam 1:15, 1Jo 2:16 | ESV | STEP | Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin , and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death .

c Rom. 13:14; Eph. 2:3; 1 Pet. 4:2; 2 Pet. 2:18

James 1:15

15 Then desire ^awhen it has conceived gives birth to sin, and ^bsin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

1 John 2:16

16 For all that is in the world— ^cthe desires of the flesh and ^dthe desires of the eyes and pride of life ^{▼▼Or pride in possessions}—is not from the Father but is from the world.