Bible verses about "temptation" | BBE

³⁸ Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

²⁷ And do not give way to the Evil One.

³ Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

² Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort; ³ Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope; ⁴ But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

¹² There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

¹ Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One. ² And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it. ³ And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread. ⁴ But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God. ⁵ Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, ⁶ If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. ⁷ Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test. ⁸ Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; ⁹ And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship. ¹⁰ Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only. ¹¹ Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

¹¹ Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

¹⁸ For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

⁷ For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

¹² There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him. ¹³ Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test: ¹⁴ But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire. ¹⁵ Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death. ¹⁶ Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

⁴¹ Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

¹³ You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.