Quotes About Temptation

Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

and do not give the devil a foothold.

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.