I am struggling with temptation

What this passage says

Paul recounts what happened to Israel in the wilderness as examples. Verse 12 warns the confident, and verse 13 says the temptation is common to man, that God is faithful and will not allow more than can be borne, and that he makes a way of escape so it can be endured.

What describes your situation best?

Only if it helps. Nothing you choose is saved or sent anywhere.

• The same temptation keeps returning
• I am close to giving in
• I gave in again recently
• I am tempted when I am alone
• I am tired of fighting

What would help you most right now?

• Give me Scripture to read
• Help me understand what Scripture says
• Guide me through prayer
• Give me a short study
• Create a 7-day Scripture journey

Read these next

• The same thing taught elsewhere

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  James traces how desire becomes sin, and states plainly that God tempts no one, which keeps 1 Corinthians 10:13 from being read as though God sets the trap.

• Old and New Testament together

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  Jesus is tempted in the wilderness and answers each time from written Scripture, so the way of escape in 1 Corinthians 10 is shown being taken.

• The same theme carried on

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  The same fight, asked as a question and answered with God's word kept in the heart.

• The same thing taught elsewhere

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  A high priest who was tempted, and a throne to come to for help in time of need rather than after the failure.

• How it is lived

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  Paul sets walking by the Spirit against the works of the flesh, which is what enduring temptation looks like day to day.

What this means for you

Verse 13 does not promise the pull will stop. It says there is a way to endure it, and it grounds that in God's faithfulness rather than in the reader's strength.

One thing to do

Name the situation where the temptation usually reaches you, and change one concrete thing about it today.

Pray this passage

Father, this passage says you are faithful and will make a way to endure. I am not standing on my own strength; verse 12 warns me about that. Give me the escape this verse speaks of, and let me come, as Hebrews says, to find help in time of need.

Or pray in your own words

• Tell God the exact point where you usually give in.
• Ask for the way of escape verse 13 names.
• Ask for one person you can be honest with.

A 7 day Scripture path

Seven passages, one a day, read in your own translation. Kept in this browser only.

Where to go from here

• Read the whole chapter around 1 Corinthians 10:6-13
• Put one of these verses to memory
• Save a verse or write a note in your library
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