Verse 13.— I am tempted of God. The Judaizer and the enemy of the cross may suggest the thought and urge its reception that because of the trials that befall us in this life, God is thereby seducing the believer from the path of rectitude. The apostle is emphatic in denunciation of this thought, and says, "Let no man say" this, and gives the reason that "God can not be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." God, in the purity of his character and in the infinity of his holiness and goodness, is incapable of being seduced by evil things; that is to say, he is unapproachable by evil, and therefore, being possessed of this exalted character, can not be the author of evil to his creatures.