And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

And forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves also forgive everyone
in debt to us.

And do not bring us into temptation.”

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Because you have kept My command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is going to come over the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

The spirit

You have commanded that Your precepts
be diligently kept.

Yes, Yahweh, we wait for You
in the path of Your judgments.
Our desire is for Your name and renown.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

General references

But he denied it in front of everyone: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.

So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.