On Matthew 6:13, “A better translation, Francis said, might be ‘do not let us fall into temptation.’ … . The National Catholic Register noted Francis was not calling for any official change in the Roman Catholic liturgy.” BPNews
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Pope critiques Lord's Prayer translation
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NewGod doesn't tempt us, but He certainly leads us to testings.
Two verses:
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matt. 4:1 ESV).
“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one” (James 1:13 ESV).
Therefore, God doesn’t tempt us, but He certainly leads us down paths of testing or temptation. There’s a difference.
Am I wrong?
NewDan Wallace destroys Francis
At bottom, what the pontiff is doing is interpretation—but interpretation that removes the tension and paradox from the text, is not true to the force of the original, and buries the connection to Jesus’ temptation. Better to leave the text alone and allow God’s people to experience the joy of discovery of the meaning of Holy Writ.
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.