Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
General references
Bible References
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Matthew 6:13
And take us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil.'
Luke 8:13
By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.
Luke 11:4
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.'"
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord, therefore, knows how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to keep the wicked, who are even now suffering punishment, in readiness for 'the Day of Judgment'--
Revelation 3:10
Because you kept in mind the story of my endurance, I will keep you in the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole world, the hour that will test all who are living upon earth.
The spirit
Romans 7:18
I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.
Romans 8:3
What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,
1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, lest I, who have called others to the contest, should myself be rejected.
Galatians 5:16
This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.
Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
General references
Matthew 26:70
But Peter denied it before them all. "I do not know what you mean," he replied.
Mark 13:33
See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let the man who thinks that he stands take care that he does not fall.