As biblical counselors, we always want to connect the most relevant biblical passage to our unique counselee’s specific life situation. However, “pet passages” can exert such influence on us that we unhelpfully force them onto people in a one-size-fits-all manner.
A Frequently Focused-On Biblical Counseling Verse: 1 Corinthians 10:13
I believe that 1 Corinthians 10:13 can become such a verse. In our biblical counseling world, 1 Corinthians 10:13 is an oft-repeated passage.
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”
Wonderful verse. Powerful. Inerrant. Inspired.
One verse in our “arsenal” of biblical counseling passages.
However, the second any counselee utters the words, “I feel overwhelmed,” we race to 1 Corinthians 10:13 as if it is the only passage to consider. What if there are other passages—such as 2 Corinthians 1:8-9—that may better fit the situational and soul context of suffering that seems overwhelming?
Far Beyond Our Ability to Endure: 2 Corinthians 1:8-9
Here’s another passage… By the same author. With another
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