Treasures and Worry
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ Matthew 6:13 · Berean Standard Bible
You're asking God to keep you from situations that could break you and to rescue you from the grip of evil.
Jesus is giving you a simple, honest way to talk to God, unlike the showy prayers people were used to hearing.
Jesus, teaching you how to pray.
This prayer anchors you in the truth that you need God's protection every single day, not just in crisis moments.
This concluding petition of the Lord's Prayer asks for divine protection from peirasmos (testing/temptation) and deliverance from ho poneros (the evil one or evil itself).
Jesus is teaching His disciples a model prayer during the Sermon on the Mount, contrasting it with the verbose prayers of the Gentiles.
Jesus, instructing His disciples in prayer.
This prayer becomes the central liturgical prayer of the early church, summarizing the believer's dependence on God for spiritual protection.
11Give us this day our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
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