Bible Questions Answered:
“The Lord's prayer says “lead us
not into temptation”. Could God lead us into temptation if he
wanted to?...”
Havryil/ Kyiv, Ukraine (Kyiv City)
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Matthew 6:13 KJV
And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, for ever. Amen.
The Word reminds us in James, God never
leads anyone into temptation!
James 1:13 KJV
Let no man say when he is tempted*,
I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth He any man:
*Tempted-Greek: Peirazo (Pi-rad-zo):
To entice, tempt.
Other Bible Versions – Matthew
6:13.
Matthew 6:13 NLT
And don’t let
us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:13 MSG
Keep us safe
from ourselves and the Devil.
Matthew 6:13 CEV
Keep us from
being tempted and protect us from evil.
Matthew 6:13 ERV
Don’t let us
be tempted, but save us from the Evil One.
Matthew 6:13 GW
Don’t allow
us to be tempted. Instead, rescue us from the evil one
Matthew 6:13
Phillips
Keep us clear
of temptation, and save us from evil’
Matthew 6:13 NOG
Don’t allow
us to be tempted. Instead, rescue us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:13
NIRV
Keep us from
sinning when we are tempted. Save us from the evil one.’
Matthew 6:13 NLV
Do not let us
be tempted, but keep us from sin. *Your nation is holy. You have
power and shining-greatness forever. Let it be so
Notice the common
denominator in all these verses? God does “not,” lead into to
temptation, we pray that He “Keep(s) us from being tempted and
protect(s) us from evil. CEV
We are to ask The Almighty Father, so as to lead us in a life of
sobriety and watchfulness so that the evil ones temptations will have
no allurement to us, and that our life may be one of overcoming
victory!
John 17:15 KJV
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
II Peter 2:9 KJV
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations..."
Revelation 3:10 KJV
Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation..."
And so then the just doxology: (I Chronicles 29:11)
“ For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever. Amen.
