1 Corinthians 10:13
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“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.”
πειρασμός
Every pressure, struggle, or moment of temptation you face has a ceiling — and God, who is faithful, personally ensures that ceiling never exceeds what you can endure.
θεός
God
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θεός
The one who is completely trustworthy and personally invested in your struggle — not a distant force, but a present being who actively intervenes to make sure you're never left without a way through.
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πιστός
Faithful
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πιστός
God is completely reliable in keeping His promise — when temptation hits, He won't leave you without a way through it.
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ἔκβασις
Escape
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ἔκβασις
When you're being pulled toward something you know you shouldn't do, God who is faithful has already built an exit into that moment — your job is to find it and walk through it.
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λαμβάνω
has seized
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λαμβάνω
Every temptation that has grabbed hold of you and taken you by surprise is one that other people have faced too — you're not alone in this struggle.
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εἰ
only
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εἰ
The word doesn't actually appear in the standard text of 1 Corinthians 10:13, so this may be a tagging or parsing note tied to an implied conditional — the quiet "if" underneath God's faithfulness, reminding us that his promise of a way out only holds because he is the kind of God who keeps his word.
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ἐάω
will allow
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ἐάω
God carefully controls what He allows through your door — the trial that reached you was permitted by someone who already planned your way through it.
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πειράζω
to be tempted
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πειράζω
God will never allow the pressure you're under to exceed what you can handle — and he already knows your breaking point because Jesus felt it too.
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ὑπέρ
beyond
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ὑπέρ
God sets a ceiling on every temptation you face, and that ceiling is always just within your reach — never past it.
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ὅς
what
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ὅς
In this verse, it points to the specific temptation you are facing — God is not making a blanket promise, but a personal one tied to exactly what you are going through right now.
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δύναμαι
to be able
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δύναμαι
God sets the ceiling on what you'll face based on what you're actually capable of handling — your capacity to endure is something he already knows better than you do.
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ποιέω
will provide
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ποιέω
God actively creates and constructs a real exit out of every temptation you face — this isn't passive permission, it's purposeful action on your behalf.
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ὑποφέρω
to endure it.
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ὑποφέρω
God doesn't promise the pressure will lift, but he stays close enough to help you hold the weight until you can find your footing again.
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