3986 peirasmos (pi-ras-mos');
a putting to proof (by experiment [of good], experience [of evil], solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity:
KJV-- temptation, X try.
TEMPTATIONAn enticement or invitation to sin, with the implied promise of greater good to be derived from following the way of disobedience. In this sense, God does not tempt man, nor can He Himself as the holy God be tempted The gospel of Jesus Christ directs man to resist temptation, promising blessedness to those who do (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
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