16 Don t be deceived, my dear brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. Well, that certainly is one way of dealing with temptation, although not a very good one.
Temptation is everywhere.
But sometimes them places are in us. Our text in James confirms what we already know to be true. Many temptations begin in us. There is something already there. The temptation calls to us from within us.