Where is it in the Bible?
1 Corinthians 10:13
13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
In other translations
- ESV
- 13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- NLT
- 13The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
- CSB
- 13No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to bear it.
- KJV
- 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.
The surrounding passage
1 Corinthians 10:11–15, King James Version
11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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.
14Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Context
Paul has just retold Israel's failures in the wilderness (idolatry, sexual immorality, putting Christ to the test, and grumbling) as warnings for the Corinthians (10:1–11), and cautioned anyone who thinks they stand firm to be careful (10:12). This verse follows with the assurance that God is faithful in temptation; the next tells them to flee idolatry (10:14).
About the book of 1 Corinthians
Correcting a divided church: the cross, love, and resurrection.
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