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No temptation has taken you but such as man can bear. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
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God's Faithful Promise
Commentators unanimously affirm this verse is a profound promise of God's faithfulness. He sovereignly controls every temptation, ensuring it will never be more than you can handle with His help. Scholars note that God knows your limits and proportions every trial to the strength He provides. Your security is not in your own power, but in His promise to limit the test.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There has no temptation taken you. What temptation the apostle refers to here is not quite certain. It is probable, however, that he refer…
Hath taken (ειληφεν). Perfect active indicative of λαμβανω.
But such as man can bear (ε μη ανθρωπινος). Ex…
19th Century
Anglican
There hath no temptation taken you.—What is meant by a “temptation common to man” (or rather, suited to man) is …
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Baptist
There 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 a…
Paul now applies these examples for the Corinthians. They have been written down to warn us, he says. His warning amounts to this: “Do not be smug …
16th Century
Protestant
No temptation has taken you. Let others take their own way of interpreting this. For my part, I believe it was intended for their consolat…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There has no temptation taken you Some, indeed, understand these words by way of reproof, that whereas their trials …
Carnal desires gain strength by indulgence; therefore, they should be checked when they first arise. Let us fear the sins of Israel if we want to a…
