The Nugget:
1Co 10:13 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 able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
My Comment:
Here is a Bible promise to encourage and assure you. The promise is anchored in the faithfulness of God. God promises that for every temptation He will make a way of escape so that you are able to bear it. Temptation may be a reference to God’s testing of us to prove our faith. God does not tempt us to evil. James tells us in his little book that “God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man” (James 1:13). James further tells us “every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed” (James 1:14). James concludes with the statement, “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death” (James 1:15).
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1316 for 1 Corinthians 10:13.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 1336 or in Logos 5 Bible software for 1 Corinthians 10:13.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
1 Corinthians 10:13. hath no temptation. +*Je 12:5. Mt 24:21-24. 26:41. Mk 4:17. Lk 11:4. 22:31, 46. 2 Co 1:7. 11:23-28. Ep 6:12, 13. He 2:18. 11:35-38. 12:4. Jam 5:10, 11. 1 P 1:6, 7. 5:8, 9. Re 2:10. +*Re 3:10. common. or, moderate. T#722. Ge 22:1, 2. Jb 5:7. Ga 4:14. +*He 4:15. Jam 1:2, 3. *1 P 4:12. but God. +*1 Co 1:9. Dt 7:9. +*Ps 36:5. 89:33. 102:2. Is 11:5. 25:1. 49:7. +*Je 29:11. La 3:23. Ho 2:20. 1 Th 5:24. **2 Th 3:3. 2 Ti 2:11, 12, 13. He 6:18. 10:23. 11:11. 1 P 4:19. **1 J 1:9. Re 19:11. is faithful. 1 Co 1:9. Nu 4:44n. +*Ps 36:5. 1 P 4:19. who will not. Ge 42:36. Ex 3:17. Ps 125:3. Is 27:8. +*Da 3:17, 18. +*Mt 6:13. Lk 22:32. **Jn 10:28, 29, 30. +*Ro 8:28, 39. *2 Co 1:10. **2 Co 12:8, 9, 10. *2 Ti 4:18. *Jam 5:11. 1 P 1:5. +*2 P 2:9. above that. Jb 1:12. 2:6. *Ps 103:14. 2 Co 4:8. Phil 2:27. make a way. T#725. Ge 19:20, 21. 22:12, 13. +Dt 8:2 (T#4). Jb 5:19. +1 S 2:7 (T#3). +Ps 23:4 (T#6). Ps 71:20. 124:7. 138:7. +*Je 29:11. Lk 16:26. Ac 27:44. +2 Co 4:17 (T#5). He 2:18. 13:7g. Jam 5:11. +*2 P 2:9. *Re 3:10. to escape. 1 S 29:10. Ps 71:2. +*Lk 21:36. Jn 18:8. 2 P 2:7. +*Re 3:10. that ye. Ps 125:3. to bear. or, endure. Gr. hupopherō (S#5297g, 2 Ti 3:11). Dt 33:25. Ps 62:2. Ep 6:11. 2 Ti 3:11. 1 P 2:19.
rom 8.28 and we know all things work together for good
to them that love god to them that are called according to
his purpose.
1 cor 10.13 therefore hath no temptation taken you but such as is
common to man; but god is faithful, who will not permit you to be
tempted above that ye are able, but will, with the temptation, also
make the way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
reading this verse one cannot help but be struck by the tremendous
comfort it has afforded to tested saints of god through the centuries!
young believers have clung to it as to a life line and older believers
have rested on it as upon a pillow! god would not allow any unbear
able temptation come our way!! at the same time we should be
warned that we should not expose ourselves to temptation!!
very encouraging cross references on i co 10.13
1. lk 22.31-32 and the lord said, simon, simon, behold, satan hath
desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat; vs 32 but i have
prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren.
2. lk 22.46 and said unto them, why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye
enter into temptation.
3. mt 26.41 watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
4. eph 6.12-13 for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. vs 13 wherefore, take unto you the whole armor
of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
to stand.
5. heb 11.35-38 women received their dead raised to life again, and others
were tortured, not accepting delieverance, that they might obtain a better
resurrection: vs 36 and others had trial of cruel mockings, and scourgings,
yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment; vs 37 they were stoned, they
were sawn asunder, were tested, were slain with sword; they wandered
about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented
vs 38 of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts, and
in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
6. jas 5.10-11 take, my brethren, the prophets who have spoken in the name
of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
7. jas 5.11 behold, we count them happy who endure. ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful
and of tender mercy
8. 1 pe 1.6-7 in this ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye
are in heaviness through manifold trials,vs 7 that the trial of your faith, being
much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praiser and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ,
9. 1 pe 1.8 whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him
not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,
10. 1 th 5.24 faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
mt 26. 41 watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.