1 Corinthians 10:13

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  “God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, so that you may be able to endure it."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 10:13.

Jerome

• Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2

  “And again:“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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 45

  “There hath no temptation taken me but such as is common to man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians II.1Discourse II

  “…with Moses for saying, ‘God faithful and true,’ and with St. Paul for writing, ‘God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.17Conference III

  “But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able, but will with the temptation make also a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• John Cassian, Conferences I–X IV.6Conference IV

  “…moderatest his struggles, “Suffer us not to be tempted above that we are able, but makest with the temptation a way of escape that we may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.23Conference IX

  “Next there follows: “But deliver us from evil,” i.e., do not suffer us to be tempted by the devil above that we are able, but “make with the temptation a way also of escape that we may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.20Conference VII

  “…of the combatants, and repelled and checked their excessive attacks, and made with the temptation a way of escape as well that we might be able to bear it.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.14Conference XIII

  “But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able, but will with the temptation make also a way of escape that ye may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 12, 13.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes V.16Book V

  ““Temptation does not overtake you, except such as is human.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• John Cassian, The Institutes V.19Book V

  “…with the belly: and deservedly will it be said of us by the Apostle in the language of blame: “Temptation does not overtake you, except what is common to man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions X.5Book X

  “But there is hope, because Thou art faithful, who wilt not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able, but wilt with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 50

  “He knoweth how not to suffer us to be tried above that we are able to bear.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 62

  “After that Apostolic saying, “Faithful is God, that doth not suffer you to be tempted above that which ye are able.”…Fear not the enemy: so much he doeth as he hath received power to do, Him fear thou that hath the chief power: Him fear, that doeth as much as He willeth, and…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 78

  “…hold on God, who is faithful, and “doth not suffer him to be tempted above that which he is able; but will make with the temptation a way of escape also,” that he may be able to endure, and may not be turned back in the day of war.…Therefore these men have been thus branded: “a generation,” he saith, “which hath…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 80

  “Hear the Apostle: “Faithful is God, who doth not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able to bear.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 89

  “The sea swells, buffets, and roars: but “God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able:” and so, “Thou stillest the waves thereof when they rise.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 94

  “For it is not said in vain, “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:” who will so put us into that furnace of tribulation, that the vessel may be hardened, but not broken.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Of Holy Virginity Chapter 47

  ““For God,” saith the Apostle, “is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able but will make with the trial a way out, that ye may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Lying Chapter 43

  “…Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 27

  “But works of mercy, conjoined with pious humility, meet with this acknowledgment from God, to wit, that He will not suffer His servants to be tempted more than they are able to bear.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 21

  “Rather let us do what is of our own free will, and most absolute power; and let us mock at the Apostle, saying, “God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able;” and let us oppose him, and say, Why seek I of the Lord, what He hath set in my own power?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XII.10Book XII

  “And it is a great thing so to pass through this life, on which we travel, as it were, like a road on our return home, that no temptation may take us, but what is common to man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XIII.16Book XIII

  “…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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount II.9Book II

  “…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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 20

  “And as the Apostle saith, “God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 90

  “For this, I think, has to do with human temptation, without which we cannot pass through this life, so that the apostle said, “No temptation should befall you but such as is common to man.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis III.3Book III

  “…of us, “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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 5

  ““There hath no temptation taken you,” it is said, “but such as is common to man.” ( 1 Cor. x. 13.)” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 28

  “If we are sober and watchful, if we beseech God that He would not “suffer us to be tempted above that we are able” ( 1 Cor. x. 13 ), if we always hold fast to Him, we shall stand nobly, and set ourselves against our enemy.” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 29

  “This he says also in writing to the Corinthians, “There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man” ( 1 Cor. x. 13 ), that is, small.” — the author cites it

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 139

  “…measure of our strength, not letting us “be tempted above that we are able, but with the temptation giving us a way to escape that we may be able to bear it”?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 219

  “The Lord ordereth “all things in measure and weight,” and brings on us the temptations which do not exceed our power to endure them, but tests all that fight in the cause of true religion by affliction, not suffering them to be tempted above that they are able to bear.” — editor's note: cf. 1 Cor. x. 13.

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• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 256

  “I am persuaded that if a voice be found to move our good God, He will not make His mercy afar off, but will now “with the temptation make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 16

  “So the divine apostle has taught us to pray “for He will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 77

  ““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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 174

  ““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,” and convicts falsehood,—although now refuted assertion of the falsehood is approved,—and the power of truth has been shewn.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13

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Gregory the Great

• Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule I.12Part I

  “For Paul had a care to cleanse away this itch of the skin, when he said, Let no temptation take you but such as is human (1 Cor. x. 13); as if to say plainly, It is human to suffer temptation in the heart; but it is devilish, in the struggle of temptation, to be also overcome in action.” — the author cites it

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.92Book III

  “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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 13.

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