# tempt, temptation #

## Definition: ##

To tempt someone is to try to get that person to do something wrong.

* A temptation is something that causes a person to want to do something wrong.
* People are tempted by their own sinful nature and by other people.
* Satan also tempts people to disobey God and to sin against God by doing wrong things.
* Satan tempted Jesus and tried to get him to do something wrong, but Jesus resisted all of Satan's temptations and never sinned.
* The term "tempt" is also used to refer to tempting God, which means to stubbornly keep disobeying him to the point that he must respond by punishing the disobedient ones. This is also called "testing" God.

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* The term "tempt" can be translated as, "try to cause to sin" or "entice" or "cause a desire to sin."
* Ways to translate "temptations" could include, "things that tempt" or "things that entice someone to sin" or "things that cause desire to do something wrong.
* In the context of tempting God, this could be translated as, "put God to the test" or "test God" or "try God's patience" or "cause God to have to punish" or "stubbornly keep disobeying God."

(See also: [disobey](../other/disobey.md), [Satan](../kt/satan.md), [sin](../kt/sin.md), [test](../kt/test.md)) 
## Bible References: ##

* [1 Thessalonians 03:4-5](en/tn/1th/help/03/04)
* [Hebrews 04:14-16](en/tn/heb/help/04/14)
* [James 01:12-13](en/tn/jas/help/01/12)
* [Luke 04:1-2](en/tn/luk/help/04/01)
* [Luke 11:3-4](en/tn/luk/help/11/03)
* [Matthew 26:39-41](en/tn/mat/help/26/39)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[25:01](en/tn/obs/help/25/01)__ Then Satan came to Jesus and __tempted__  him to sin.
* __[25:08](en/tn/obs/help/25/08)__ Jesus did not give in to Satan's __temptations__, so Satan left him.
* __[38:11](en/tn/obs/help/38/11)__ Jesus told his disciples to pray that they would not enter into __temptation__.