Bible verses about temptation and addiction
What does the Bible say about temptation and addiction?
No temptation is unique to you, and God promises a way through. Scripture points to a freedom that grows as we walk with His Spirit.
1 Corinthians 10:13
“No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”
Galatians 5:16
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.”
James 4:7
“Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Romans 6:14
“For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.”
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