“There has 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 you are able; but will with the temptation, He will also make a way to help you escape the temptation, that you may be able to bear it,” 1 Corinthians 10:13, KJV.
“The only temptation that has come to you is that which envy one has. But you can trust God, who will not permit you to be tempted more than you can stand. But when you are tempted, He [God] will also give you a way to escape so that you will be able to stand it,” 1 Corinthians 10:13, NCV.
In 1 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul used himself as an example of a mature Christian who disciplines himself to better serve God as a faithful Christian.
Paul’s focus is new life in Christ that comes only from God.
“For unto us that are saved [born again], it’s the power of God that gives us new life,” 1 Corinthians 1:18.
Your new life is in Christ because you see that this is your calling, the calling of God in you. God is not looking at the wisdom of man in this world that is after the flesh, nor mighty men who have their own strength, or noble men, but people that love Him [God], and will live for Him. This world says ‘I am wise without God; I don’t need God, nor His Spirit. I have the approval of men.’ This is why, with your new life, God has chosen the weak—meaning you, who need God and His Spirit to confound the wise men of this world. So put them to shame, the wise of this world. Make them look foolish. You are the called of God, and when God called you, you were not wise, nor did you have great influence, and you did not come from important families. But God chose the foolish and the weak who need Him to shame the wise and the strong of this world. Because of God, you are in Christ Jesus who has become for you the wisdom of God. In Christ we are put in a ‘right’ relationship with God, and have been made holy and have been set free from sin.
Now you have God’s wisdom that was at one point kept hidden from you. But God has given this wisdom to you for His glory. This is why Paul speaks to the church at Corinth and says to them in Christ Jesus: “Eyes have not seen, nor ears heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for them that love him,” 1 Corinthians 2:9.
