Question still remains:What is the difference between "testing" and "tempting?"I mean would the girlfriend of my acquaintance have a point if she said,"Well,why on earth did you send your friend to TEMPT me?" Or would you say the girlfriend was "TESTED?"
We are admonished to "TEST"
"Bring everything to the test; cling to what is good"-Paul
She was tempted by her boyfriends "test". To her it was a temptation too hard to resist due to her being "exceedingly weak". To him it was a test, or so he claims.
It really seems like she was being tested not for her benefit, but for his, to see what she would do so he can make a decision that was good for him. That is how your question and the situation in general comes off to me anyway.
Are we admonished to test others like your friend tested his girlfriend? Or are we admonished to test what is presented to us as the truth? Do you have a second witness to help explain what Paul meant?
1Th 5:19 Don't quench the Spirit,
1Th 5:20 don't despise inspired messages.
1Th 5:21 But do test everything — hold onto what is good,
1Th 5:22 but keep away from every form of evil.
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Sorry if I misunderstand you Mandela, but your original question is being lost on me with the different Scriptural references and different real life examples, i.e. bad teacher and bad girlfriend scenarios.