Mark Chapter 14 verse 38 Holy Bible
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
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Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh weak.
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Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
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Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
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Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The great temptation of the disciples at that moment was to deny Christ under the influence of fear. And so our Lord gives here the true remedy against temptation of every kind; namely, watchfulness and prayer - watchfulness, against the craft and subtlety of the devil or man; and prayer, for the Divine help to overcome. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Here our Lord graciously finds excuses for them. It is as though he said, "I know that in heart and mind you are ready to cleave to me, even though the Jews should threaten you with death. But I know also that your flesh is weak. Pray, then, that the weakness of the flesh may not overcome the strength of the spirit." St. Jerome says, "In whatever degree we trust to the ardor of the spirit, in the same degree ought we to fear because of the infirmity of the flesh."
