1 Corinthians 8:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Only be careful that this power of choice (this permission and liberty to do as you please) which is yours, does not [somehow] become a hindrance (cause of stumbling) to the weak or overscrupulous [giving them an impulse to sin]. American Standard Version (1901) But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak. Common English Bible But watch out or else this freedom of yours might be a problem for those who are weak. Catholic Public Domain Version But be careful not to let your liberty become a cause of sin to those who are weak. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak. |
And he shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD and they shall bear their iniquity.
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake:
conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
For if a man see thee which hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.
To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
as free, and not using your freedom for a cloke of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.