Temptation
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(Matt 6:13). In the Lord's Prayer, temptation is to be understood as a convergence of circumstances in which there is an imminent danger of losing one's faith or falling into grave sin. Temptations come upon people from the flesh, from the world, from other people, or from the devil. In the words of the Lord's Prayer, 'Lead us not into temptation,' we ask, first, that God not permit us to be brought into temptation; and second, that if we must be purified and tested by means of temptation, He not deliver us over to it completely or permit us to fall.