What does , ‘And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one’, mean?

Answer 1

It means keep away from the brothels and don't vote republican

Answer 2

This is a popular CHRISTian prayer written in a couple places in the Bible. The traditional name for the prayer is "The Lord's Prayer"

In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus recited the prayer in one form on the sermon on the mount. This was to a multitude of people. It was an example of how to pray to God in a proper manner instead of praying like the hypocrites.

In the Gospel of Luke Jesus was asked how to pray by his disciples. He recited this prayer again in a different form while teaching them how to pray.

Some have answered that 'evil one' is a misquote when in actuality it is translated to that in some versions (IE: World English Bible). That is because the greek word 'poneros', which is used for 'evil' or 'evil one' here, can sometimes be translated 'devil'. Despite this, 'evil' is probally the best translation and is the most popular.

The meaning is this:

"Lord, please keep us away from wanting (lusting, longing, desiring) things that are unpure (unholy, unrightoeous, deadly, evil, not good). And also keep us from that evil (ungoodness, unrighteousness, sin, ungodliness), and in the case of other translations, or keep us from the devil (satan, lucifer, beelzebub).

Hope this helps you.

Answer 3

Others have commented on "evil one" or just evil. It can be rightly understood either way. God does not tempt but He does test. As He does govern all things by His providence we are asking Him as He leads us to keep us away from those areas and situations where we are weak and might fall into sin. He teaches us to look to Him to deliver us and lead us because in our own strength we would fall. The Bible tells us Satan roams around as a roaring lion seeking who he can devour so we look to God to preserve us.

Answer 4

Are you thinking that "And do not lead us into temptation" exactly what it says but "But deliver us from the evil one" as deliver us into evil?

I don't know...

Answer 5

Temptation is a vice that is a result of desire. It can influence one to act against their conscience and what is right. Evil is the absence of good thought, word and deed. The line, you've quoted, is from the Lord's Prayer as followed by Christians.

Answer 6

In James the Bible tells us that God does not tempt us to do evil, but each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. That is what we want God to deliver us from. Evil in the Bible is different from what we call really bad sins like murder. What the Bible says is evil, is "the love of money is the root of all evil" Not allowing God to make the decision in life for you is called evil (rebellion) Seeking for signs rather than living by faith is evil (That is why you find sign seeking religions like healing and miracle denominations are always money hungry) .

Answer 7

This reference is found in Matthew 6:13 and Luke 11:4.

Luke provides the most detail of the reason why Jesus stated this: His disciples asked that He teach them to pray, just as John the Baptist taught his disciples.

Jesus responded with a "model prayer," giving examples of all the major components of a prayer that is pleasing to God. These components are self-explanatory, except for the last one: "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." We could guess what the meaning is, but it's best to look at the original Greek words to be sure that our understanding is correct.

The word translated as "temptation" in our Bibles is the Greek word "peirasmos," meaning "an experiment, attempt, trial or proving; the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue and constancy."

A perfect example of God permitting an experiment or trial to prove a man's virtue (etc.) may be found in the Book of Job. Job 1 reads:

"8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”
9 So Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
12 And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD."

We all know what happened to Job, don't we? But do you notice it's not God who torments Job; it's Satan (Hebrew for "the Adversary"). God's divine "permissive will" allowed Job's testing to PROVE how righteous he was. This may seem cruel, but look how God rewarded Job at the end of the test. He ended up better off than when he started!

Although we can all emulate this, Jesus urged us to be realists: who REALLY wants God to permit us to be tested? I don't know about you, but I'd like to avoid it, thank you very much. So, Jesus tells us that we should pray to God that we are not tested. This won't stop us from being tested if it's God's will, but the possibility certainly keeps us humble.

The next word we need to carefully consider in this passage is "evil." Some of your Bibles read "the evil one," but the Greek word used here is "poneros," meaning "in an ethical sense, wicked or bad." However, the word is used in the nominative case, meaning Jesus was naming a person "evil," which is the reason some Bibles state "evil one." This, of course, is Lucifer -- Satan, the Adversary.

Placed together, we can understand Jesus' intent: pray to God that you will not be tempted; and pray that God will save you from the Adversary, who is more than happy to act as your temptor!

Incidently, this component of prayer is the same Jesus urges his disciples to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane, at Matthew 26:41, Mark 14:38 and Luke 22:40: "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Jesus knew the disciples were about to be very vulnerable to Satanic temptation. That Peter drew a sword and cut off Malcus' ear when Jesus was arrested shows he probably didn't obey Jesus and pray to resist this Satanic temptation.

I hope this helps. Peace and love in Jesus.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

it's and lead un not in temptation but deliver us from evil it's basically God to guide us and direct our paths

Answer 10

I think it does not say evil one. It just says deliver us from evil...research before asking a question silly

Answer 11

Translated into English, it means:

"Do not lead us into the temptation of becoming arrogant through ignorant superstition."

Unfortunately, it's too late for most people when they read the passage (you misquoted). They have already become arrogant due to their ignorant superstitions.