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There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Reference
Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
there; by extension, thither
Greek: πειρασμός (peirasmós)
a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity
Hebrew: maççâh
a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: τούτοις (toútois)
to (for, in, with or by) these (persons or things)
Hebrew: pᵉlônîy
such a one, i.e. a specified person
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: κοινός (koinós)
common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane
Hebrew: chôl
properly, exposed; hence, profane
Hebrew: ʼĕnâsh
a man
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Greek: ὑπέχω (hypéchō)
to hold oneself under, i.e. endure with patience
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: ἄνω (ánō)
upward or on the top
Hebrew: min
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Greek: ἱκανός (hikanós)
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
Hebrew: day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πειρασμός (peirasmós)
a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity
Hebrew: maççâh
a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)
Greek: δή (dḗ)
a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc.
Hebrew: ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Hebrew: pâlaç
properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Greek: πάροδος (párodos)
a by-road, i.e. (actively) a route
Hebrew: ʼôrach
a road
Greek: φεύγω (pheúgō)
to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
Hebrew: miphlâṭ
an escape
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ἐξισχύω (exischýō)
to have full strength, i.e. be entirely competent
Hebrew: yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Greek: ἀναφέρω (anaphérō)
to take up (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: dôb
the bear (as slow)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Faith
2 Thessalonians 3:3
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Deuteronomy 7:9
Parallel theme
2 Timothy 4:18
Hebrews 12:4
Luke 22:46
Jeremiah 29:11
Revelation 3:10
References God
2 Peter 2:9
Daniel 3:17
Verse Explanation
Paul assures believers that temptation is common to humanity and that God will not allow them to be tempted beyond what they can endure, promising that God provides a way to endure and escape destructive temptation.
History
1st century AD: Early Christian communities faced pressure from surrounding religious practices, social expectations, and moral traditions.