22 He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.
1 Brethren, if anybody be detected in any misconduct, you who are spiritual should restore such a one in a spirit of meekness. And let each of you keep watch over himself, lest he also fall into temptation.
2 tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.
13 Let no one say when passing through trial, »My temptation is from God;« for God is incapable of being tempted to do evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
3 Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.
20 »What comes out of a man,« He added, »that it is which makes him unclean.
21 For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed–fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
22 covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:
23 all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean.«
13 No temptation has you in its power but such as is common to human nature; and God is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. But, when the temptation comes, He will also provide the way of escape; so that you may be able to bear it.
15 For we have not a High Priest who is unable to feel for us in our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in every respect just as we are tempted, and yet did not sin.
41 Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail.«
9 Since all this is so, the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from temptation, and on the other hand how to keep the unrighteous under punishment in readiness for the Day of Judgement,
13 and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.'
12 Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the victor's crown –even the crown of Life– which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.