John 16:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ “I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ I HAVE told you all these things, so that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away). [I told you to keep you from being scandalized and repelled.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

Common English Bible

¹ I have said these things to you so that you won’t fall away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "These things I have spoken to you, so that you would not stumble.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ THESE things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized.

John 16:1 Cross References

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”

Matthew 13:21

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”

Matthew 24:10

And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another.

John 15:11

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 16:4

But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Romans 14:21

it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

Philippians 1:10

so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

1 Peter 2:8

and “A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall”; for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.