“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Matthew 6:13 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 6:13
As He had above put many high things into men’s mouths, teaching them to call God their Father, to pray that His kingdom might come; so now He adds a lesson of humility, when He says, 'and lead us not into temptation.'
Some copies read, 'Carry us not,' [margin note: inferas] an equivalent word, both being a translation of one Greek word, εισενενχεις . Many in interpreting say, 'Suffer us not to be led into temptation,' as being what is implied in the word, 'lead.' For God does not of Himself lead a man, but suffer him to be led from whom He has withdrawn His aid.
Herein it is shewn that the adversary can nothing avail against us, unless God first permit him; so that all our fear and devotion ought to be addressed to God.