Bible Dictionary: Temptation: The Devil is the Author of

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1 Chronicles 21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
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Matthew 4:1
Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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John 13:2
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
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1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.
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Library

Christ the Son of Man.
... The devil is the author of temptation, and he had a peculiar interest
in the temptation of Jesus. Through temptation comes sin. ...
/.../v christ the son of man.htm

Whether Christ Should have Been Tempted in the Desert?
... flesh and of the world." Now, there is no danger in giving the devil such an occasion
of temptation; since the help of the Holy Ghost, who is the Author of the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ should have been 5.htm

Whether it was Becoming that Christ Should be Tempted?
... so far as He willed; not as the Author of eternal ... in hungering betrayed His human
nature, the devil would not ... from the very manner of the temptation, when he ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was becoming that 3.htm

Despite the Devil, Man May, by God's Help, be Perfected.
... an easy refutation of the objection which our author says is ... with a view to resisting
the devil and his ... when we pray, "Lead us not into temptation;" [1300] to ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 68 lviii despite the devil.htm

Letter vi. Temptation.
... He is often the author of false comforts and joys, very much like ... to be tempted:
but it is sin to give place to temptation. "Neither give place to the devil.". ...
/.../a practical directory for young christian females/letter vi temptation.htm

The Author's Life.
... enjoyed such educational opportunities as the author of the ... where John was baptizing,
shortly after the Temptation. ... wilfully a child of the devil, and those ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the authors life.htm

The Author Sinful, yet Pursuing.
... Chapter XVIII."The Author Sinful, Yet Pursuing ... a sinner every whit and not yet fleeing
temptation but continuing ... the midst of the tools of the devil, study to ...
/.../keith/the epistles of clement/chapter xviii the author sinful yet.htm

The Author to the Reader.
... THE AUTHOR TO THE READER. ... as that it will have no leisure, and small temptation to
listen ... the vigilant and active enemy of our salvation, the devil, was laying ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/the author to the reader.htm

Letter iii. --The State of one Tempted.
... for all perfection." I find you very ignorant on the subject of temptation. ... are produced,
reject them as coming from the devil who is the author of trouble ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter iii the state of one.htm

On the Perfection of Patience.
... If then any similar temptation ever arises among brethren, we ... of basilisks, as by
it the first author of all ... man: for "by the envy of the devil death entered ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xvi on the perfection.htm

Subtopics

Temptation

Temptation of Christ

Temptation: A Test

Temptation: Abimelech

Temptation: Abraham Leads Pharaoh

Temptation: Achan

Temptation: Always Conformable to the Nature of Man

Temptation: Balaam

Temptation: Balak Tempts Balaam

Temptation: Blessedness of Those Who Meet and Overcome

Temptation: Christ is Able to Help Those Under