1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV): meaning and how to memorise it

What 1 Corinthians 10:13 says

Paul tells the Corinthians that God is faithful. He does not let his people be tempted beyond their strength, and he makes a way to escape.

1 Corinthians 10:13 in context

¹⁰Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. ¹¹Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. ¹²Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. ¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. ¹⁴Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. ¹⁵I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. ¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10, verses 10–16. Read the whole chapter with John Brown’s notes in the Self-Interpreting Bible.

1 Corinthians 10:13 in the catechisms

The Reformation catechisms and confessions cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 3 times as a proof text.

WSC 106
What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
WLC 195
What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
HC 127
What is the sixth petition?

How to memorise 1 Corinthians 10:13

Hearers breaks the verse into clauses and teaches each clause in four steps. Then it brings each clause back just before you forget it.

01
Read
Read the verse with the clauses marked. Listen to it read aloud.
02
Trace
Type the first letter of each word, with the words shown faintly.
03
Fade
Half of the words go. Type the text again, and fill the gaps from memory.
04
Recall
All the words go. Type it or say it aloud. Each clause gets its own grade and its own review date.