For it is written: he will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully — the devil quotes Psalm 91:11–12, using Scripture as a tool of temptation. The Psalm's promise of angelic protection is invoked to justify a deliberate test of God's faithfulness. The use of Scripture by the tempter establishes that the criterion for discerning temptation is not whether Scripture is cited but whether the cited text is being applied in accordance with its original meaning and purpose.

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