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Is “God will not give you more than you can handle” in the Bible?
No. “God will not give you more than you can handle” is not a Bible verse. It is a misquote of 1 Corinthians 10:13. 1 Corinthians 10:13 is about temptation: God will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, and he makes the way out. Paul also writes of being weighed down beyond his strength so that he would rely on God, not himself (2 Corinthians 1:8-9).
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Is “God will not give you more than you can handle” in the Bible?
Not a Bible verse
No. It is not a Bible verse.
It is a misquote of 1 Corinthians 10:13.
1 Corinthians 10:13 is about temptation: God will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, and he makes the way out. Paul also writes of being weighed down beyond his strength so that he would rely on God, not himself (2 Corinthians 1:8-9).
The verse it misquotes
No temptation has seized you except the kind that human beings commonly face. God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out, so that you can bear up under it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 · open the chapter →
What the Bible says instead
For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. We were so utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we had received the sentence of death. This happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 · open the chapter →
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Is “God will not give you more than you can handle” in the Bible?
No. “God will not give you more than you can handle” is not a Bible verse. It is a misquote of 1 Corinthians 10:13. 1 Corinthians 10:13 is about temptation: God will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, and he makes the way out. Paul also writes of being weighed down beyond his strength so that he would rely on God, not himself (2 Corinthians 1:8-9).
Where does “God will not give you more than you can handle” come from?
A loose reading of 1 Corinthians 10:13.
What does the Bible say instead?
Read 1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Corinthians 1:8-9. 1 Corinthians 10:13 is about temptation: God will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, and he makes the way out. Paul also writes of being weighed down beyond his strength so that he would rely on God, not himself (2 Corinthians 1:8-9).
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