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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not capable of being tempted.

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Examples

  • But if he is now among the glorified, he is in absolute purity because he is untemptible.

    Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876

  • First, The strength and force of this argument, "God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man;" apei'rasto's esti kakon; he is untemptible by evil; he cannot be drawn to any thing that is bad himself, and therefore it cannot be imagined he should have any inclination or design to seduce others.

    The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 05. 1630-1694 1820

  • a pure imagination; the oneness of your soul with God; the conscious participation of what is highest in God, his untemptible chastity in goodness and truth.

    Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876

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