Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation."

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

-- if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

The spirit

You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

General references

But he denied it in front of them all: "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.