is at the same time a point of temptation (see, e.g., Luke 4:13; 1 Cor. 10:13; Heb. 3:8). A combination of meanings of this kind may well be present in vv. 13–15. In v. 2, however, peirasmos means “trial.” The surrounding language makes this clear: believers run the risk of “falling into” (peripiptō; translated “face” in NIV) these trials, which have as their purpose the “testing” of faith and need to be “endured.” These same terms are used elsewhere in the NT when peirasmos has the meaning “trial” (see