Matthew 26:41

The Prayer In Gethsemane

⁴⁰ When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said to Peter: Could you not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹ Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ⁴² A second time he went away and prayed, saying: Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, your will 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 lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (the wicked one).' (Psalm 82:4) (Psalm 97:10) (Matthew 13:19) (John 17:15) (1 John 5:19)

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I discipline my body, and bring it into subjection, so that after I have preached to others I will not be disqualified.

Mark 14:38

To avoid temptation watch and pray. The spirit truly is willing but the flesh is weak.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

Psalm 119:1

Blessed are those whose way is blameless. They walk in the law of Jehovah.

Psalm 119:24-25

Your laws are my delight and counsel.

Psalm 119:32

I shall run the way of your commandments, for you will enlarge my heart (increase my understanding) (set me free from sin).

Psalm 119:35-37

Make me walk in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.

Psalm 119:115

Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God.

Psalm 119:117

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

Proverbs 4:14-15

Do not enter the path of the wicked. Do not walk in the way of evil men.

Isaiah 26:8-9

Yes, Jehovah, walking in the way of your Laws, we wait for you. Your name and your fame are the desire of our hearts.

Matthew 24:42

Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13

Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

Matthew 26:38

He told them: My heart is deeply grieved to the point of death. Stay with me and watch.

Mark 13:33-37

Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch (perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time.

Luke 8:13

Those on the rock are those who receive the word with joy. These have no root. They believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

Luke 11:4

Forgive us our sins. For we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And keep us from temptation.

Luke 21:36

Be on the watch all the time. Pray for the strength to escape all these things in order to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 22:40

When he arrived he said to them: Pray that you do not enter into temptation.

Luke 22:46

He said: Why do you sleep? Arise and pray that you do not enter into temptation.

Romans 7:18-25

I know that good does not live in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it.

Romans 8:3

God did what the Law could not do, because human nature was weak. He sent his own son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering and do away with sin. So he condemned sin in sinful human nature.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be alert (be watchful) and stand fast (be vigilant) (persevere) in the faith, carry on as men (be courageous), be strong. (Ps 31:24)

Galatians 5:16-17

I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Ephesians 6:18

With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones.

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect. But I press on, that I may obtain that for which Christ Jesus also obtained.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

2 Peter 2:9

Jehovah knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to preserve the unrighteous for the Day of Judgment. (Psalm 34:19) (Matthew 25:46)

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the word of my patience (endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline) (examine) those who dwell on the earth.

Revelation 16:15

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his outer garment, that he does not walk naked and they see his shame.

Psalm 119:4-5

You have ordained your precepts that we should keep them diligently.