2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind . . .
Romans 12:2 (ESV)

1. The benefit that brings temptation
6 . . . Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. Genesis 39:6 (ESV)

2. The medium of the temptation
7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” Genesis 39:7 (ESV)

13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability . . . 1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)

3. The sobriety to resist temptation
8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” 10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her. Genesis 39:8-10 (ESV)

1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, . . . Psalm 63:1 (ESV)

16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil . . . Psalm 34:16 (ESV)

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight . . . Psalm 51:4 (ESV)

4. The radical break with temptation
11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. 13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, Genesis 39:11-13 (ESV)

18 Flee from sexual immorality . . . 1 Corinthians 6:18 (ESV)

7 “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! . . . Matthew 18:7-9 (ESV)

5. The ironic victory over temptation
14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.” 16 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, 17 and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. 18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.” 19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. Genesis 39:14-20 (ESV)

15 Though he slay me, I will hope in him . . . Job 13:15 (ESV)