Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)
But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
No 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.
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning— lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul. My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”
Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.
Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually!
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors. My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
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