“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.” — read online, free, in the King James Version.
Read in context: 1 Corinthians chapter 10 (full chapter) · King James Version (public domain)
The promise about temptation: God is faithful, and will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear.
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Paul tells the Corinthians that no temptation is unique to them, and that God “will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able” — always providing “a way to escape” so they can endure it.
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