en_tw/bible/kt/tempt/01.md

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.

Translation Suggestions

• The term "tempt" can be translated as, "try to cause to sin" or "entice" or "cause a desire to sin."
• The word translated as "tempt" can also mean, "put to the test."
• 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."