Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
1 Corinthians 10:32 - Revised Standard Version Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to 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: |
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men.
Then let us no more pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues.
For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
Therefore, if food is a cause of my brother's falling, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother. To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it;
so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless.
For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.
for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?
So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another; and he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”