Matthew 6:13

lead us not into temptation The statement of James, James 1:2, "Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations," is not really contradictory. The Christian character is strengthened and purified by temptation, but no one can think of temptation without dread.

deliver Lit. draw to thyself, "rescue," as from an enemy. Cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, "Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come."

from evil Or, from the Evil One, Satan. The Greek bears either rendering, but the neuter is preferable and gives a deeper sense. We pray to be delivered not only from external evil, but from the evil within us.

For thine is the kingdom, &c. This doxology is not supported by high MS. authority, it was doubtless an insertion from the liturgy. The Roman use omits the doxology. In the retention of it the English Church follows the Greek and Gallican uses.