Matthew 26:41

The Prayer In Gethsemane

⁴⁰ And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "So, were you not able to stay awake with me one hour? ⁴¹ Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!" ⁴² Again for the second time he went away [and] prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will must be done."

Enter into Temptation

Flesh and Blood

Flesh is Weak

It is I

Keep Watch

Watch and Pray

Body Is Weak

Fall Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.

Mark 14:38

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

1 Peter 4:7

Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.

Psalm 119:1

Blessed [are those whose] way is blameless, who walk in the law of Yahweh.

Psalm 119:24-25

Your testimonies [are] my delight, {my counselors}.

Psalm 119:32

I will run the way of your commands, for you will enlarge my heart.

Psalm 119:35-37

Cause me to walk in the path of your commands, for I delight in it.

Psalm 119:115

Turn aside from me, [you] evildoers, for I will keep the commands of my God.

Psalm 119:117

Uphold me, that I may be delivered, and have regard for your statutes continually.

Proverbs 4:14-15

In the path of the wicked do not go; do not walk in the way of those who do evil.

Isaiah 26:8-9

Surely we wait for you [in] the path of your judgments, Yahweh, for your name and renown [are the] desire of [the] soul.

Matthew 24:42

Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming!

Matthew 25:13

Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!

Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."

Mark 13:33-37

Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is!

Luke 8:13

And those on the rock [are those] who receive the word with joy when they hear [it], and these do not have [enough] root, who believe for a time and in a time of testing fall away.

Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation."

Luke 21:36

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

Luke 22:40

And [when] he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not enter into temptation."

Luke 22:46

and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up [and] pray that you will not enter into temptation!"

Romans 7:18-25

For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing [of] the good [is] not.

Romans 8:3

For what [was] impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did]. [By] sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

1 Corinthians 10:13

Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act courageously, be strong.

Galatians 5:16-17

But I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never carry out the desire of the flesh.

Galatians 5:24

Now those {who belong to Christ} have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires.

Ephesians 6:18

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

2 Peter 2:9

[then] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to reserve the unrighteous to be punished at the day of judgment,

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.

Revelation 16:15

(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed [is] the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)

Psalm 119:4-5

You have commanded your precepts, that [we] should keep [them] diligently.