Temptation
How temptation works, the way out God provides, and Jesus's own example resisting it.
Matt 4:1-11
Read in full chapter →1Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
See also: Hebrews 2:18, Luke 4:1-13
2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
See also: Deuteronomy 9:18, Exodus 34:28
3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
See also: James 4:7, Genesis 3:1
4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
See also: Deuteronomy 8:3, Luke 4:4
5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
See also: Luke 4:9, Isaiah 52:1
6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
See also: Psalms 91:11-12, Hebrews 1:14
7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
See also: Deuteronomy 6:16, 1 Corinthians 10:9
8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
See also: Matthew 16:26, 1 John 2:15-16
9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
See also: Revelation 4:10, 2 Corinthians 4:4
10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
See also: 1 Samuel 7:3, Deuteronomy 6:13-14
11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
See also: Matthew 26:53, Luke 22:43
1 Cor 10:13
Read in full chapter →13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
See also: 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Timothy 4:18
James 1:12-14
Read in full chapter →12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
See also: Romans 8:28, James 1:2
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
See also: Psalms 101:3, Matthew 15:19
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
See also: Proverbs 4:23, Jeremiah 17:9
Heb 2:18
Read in full chapter →18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
See also: Matthew 4:1, 1 Corinthians 10:13