Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 10:32 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Give no offence to Jews or Greeks or the church of God, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not let yourselves be [hindrances by giving] an offense to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God [do not lead others into sin by your mode of life]; American Standard Version (1901) Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God: Common English Bible Don’t offend either Jews or Greeks, or God’s church. Catholic Public Domain Version Be without offense toward the Jews, and toward the Gentiles, and toward the Church of God, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God: |
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
Therefore, let us no longer judge one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in the way of your brother or sister.
To the church of God at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord #– #both their Lord and ours.
just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter!
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, various kinds of tongues.
For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Let each one live his life in the situation the Lord assigned when God called him. This is what I command in all the churches.
Therefore, if food causes my brother or sister to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother or sister to fall.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Timothy our brother: To the church of God at Corinth, with all the saints who are throughout Achaia.
We are not giving anyone an occasion for offence, so that the ministry will not be blamed.
For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.
so that you may approve the things that are superior and may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,
regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, since you have also suffered the same things from people of your own country, just as they did from the Jews
But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark. Then Boaz said, ‘Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the threshing-floor.’