1 Corinthians 10:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But with the temptation, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πειρασμὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ εἴληφεν εἰ μὴ ἀνθρώπινος: πιστὸς δὲ ὁ Θεός, ὃς οὐκ ἐάσει ὑμᾶς πειρασθῆναι ὑπὲρ ὃ δύνασθε· ἀλλὰ ποιήσει σὺν τῷ πειρασμῷ καὶ τὴν ἔκβασιν, τοῦ δύνασθαι ὑμᾶς ὑπενεγκεῖν.

Transliteration

Peirasmos you not eilēphen except anthrōpinos: pistos de the Theos, who not easei you peirasthēnai hyper what dynasthe; alla poiēsei with the peirasmō also the ekbasin, of the dynasthai you hypenegkein

Grammar Details

• *Peirasmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - temptation/trial/test
• *eilēphen*: perfect indicative, 3rd person singular - has taken/seized
• *anthrōpinos*: nominative, masculine, singular - human/common to man
• *pistos*: nominative, masculine, singular - faithful
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *easei*: future indicative, 3rd person singular - will allow/permit
• *peirasthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be tempted/tested
• *hyper*: preposition + accusative - beyond/above
• *dynasthe*: present middle/passive, 2nd person plural - you are able
• *alla*: strong adversative - but/rather
• *poiēsei*: future indicative, 3rd person singular - will make/do
• *peirasmō*: dative, masculine, singular - temptation/trial/test
• *ekbasin*: accusative, feminine, singular - way out/escape
• *dynasthai*: present middle/passive infinitive - to be able
• *hypenegkein*: aorist infinitive - to bear/endure

Word Meanings

• *Peirasmos*: temptation/trial/test
• *eilēphen*: has taken/seized/overtaken
• *anthrōpinos*: human/common to man/what humans experience
• *pistos*: faithful/trustworthy/reliable
• *easei*: will allow/permit/let
• *peirasthēnai*: to be tempted/tested/tried
• *ekbasin*: way out/escape/exit
• *hypenegkein*: to bear/endure/stand under

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  There hath{G2983} no{G3756} temptation{G3986} taken{G2983} you{G5209} but such{G1487} as man{G442} can bear: but{G1161} God{G2316} is{G3361} faithful,{G4103} who{G3739} will{G1439} not{G3756} suffer{G1439} you{G5209} to be tempted{G3985} above{G5228} that{G3739} ye are able;{G1410} but{G235} will{G4160} with{G4862} the temptation{G3986} make{G4160} also{G2532} the way of escape,{G1545} that ye{G5209} may be able{G1410} to endure{G5297} it.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  There hath{G2983} no{G3756} temptation{G3986} taken{G2983}{(G5758)} you{G5209} but{G1508} such as is common to man{G442}: but{G1161} God{G2316} is faithful{G4103}, who{G3739} will{G1439} not{G3756} suffer{G1439}{(G5692)} you{G5209} to be tempted{G3985}{(G5683)} above{G5228} that{G3739} ye are able{G1410}{(G5736)}; but{G235} will{G4160} with{G4862} the temptation{G3986} also{G2532} make{G4160}{(G5692)} a way to escape{G1545}, that ye{G5209} may be able{G1410}{(G5738)} to bear{G5297}{(G5629)} it.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  There hath none other temptacion taken you but soche as foloweth ye nature of ma. But God is faythfull which shall not suffer you to be tempted above youre strenght: but shall in the myddes of the temptacion make awaye to escape out.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There hath yet no teptacion ouertaken you, but soch as foloweth the nature of man. Neuertheles God is faithfull, which shal not suffre you to be tempted aboue youre strength, but shal in the myddes of ye temptacion make a waye to come out, that ye maye beare it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There hath no tentation taken you, but such as appertaine to man: and God is faithfull, which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wil euen giue the issue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There hath no temptation taken you, but such as foloweth the nature of man: But God is faythfull, which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength: but shall with the temptation make away that ye maye be able to beare it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear `it'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
• 1 Pet 5:8-9 : 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.
• Luke 22:46 : 46 He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation."
• Eph 6:12-13 : 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
• 1 Thess 5:24 : 24 The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
• Dan 3:17 : 17 If the God we serve exists, he is able to rescue us from the blazing fiery furnace and deliver us from your hand, O king.
• Heb 12:4 : 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
• Rom 8:28-39 : 28 And we know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified. 31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.' 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither powers, neither things present nor things to come, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you against the evil one.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is coming upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth.
• Jas 5:10-11 : 10 Take, my brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience. 11 See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
• 1 Pet 1:5-7 : 5 who are being guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold that perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• John 10:28-30 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
• Matt 24:21-24 : 21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, and never will happen again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened. 23 At that time, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
• 1 Cor 1:9 : 9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator while continuing to do good.
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
• Heb 10:23 : 23 Let us hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
• Heb 11:11 : 11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.
• 2 Tim 2:11-13 : 11 This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us. 13 If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
• Jer 29:11 : 11 For I know the plans I have for you—this is the LORD's declaration—plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
• Lam 3:23 : 23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of steadfast love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
• Isa 11:5 : 5 Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his hips.
• Isa 25:1 : 1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness.
• Isa 49:7 : 7 This is what the Lord, the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: To the one despised and abhorred by the nations, to the servant of rulers: Kings will see you and stand to attention, and princes will bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
• Jer 12:5 : 5 If you have raced with footmen and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? And if you feel secure in a land of peace, how will you manage in the thickets of the Jordan?
• Gen 19:20-21 : 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared." 21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
• Exod 3:17 : 17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
• Ps 125:3 : 3 For the scepter of the wicked will not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
• 2 Cor 1:10 : 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us,
• 2 Cor 11:23-28 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my concern for all the churches.
• Luke 16:26 : 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.
• Luke 22:31-32 : 31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.
• Ps 36:5 : 5 He plans wickedness on his bed; he positions himself on a way that is not good; he does not despise evil.
• Ps 89:33 : 33 then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.
• Ps 124:7 : 7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
• Heb 11:35-38 : 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36 Still others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, and they were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted, and mistreated. 38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts, and on mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
• Rev 19:11 : 11 Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.
• Hos 2:20 : 20 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that move along the ground. I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.
• Acts 27:44 : 44 and the rest were to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. In this way, everyone reached land safely.
• Luke 11:4 : 4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'