Quotes about Temptation
The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
— John 13:2
And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
— John 13:27
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
— John 14:30
Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
— John 18:25
At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.
— Acts 24:26
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
— Romans 6:1
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
— Romans 6:12
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
— Romans 7:5
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
— Romans 7:15
In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
— Romans 7:17
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
— Romans 7:18
For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
— Romans 7:19