I have spoken these things to you so that you may not be made to stumble
And blessed is the one, whoever is not caused to stumble in Me.
but has no root in himself, but is temporary, and tribulation, or persecution occurring because of the Word, he is at once stumbled.
And they were stumbled in Him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own fatherland, and in his own house.
And then many will be ensnared, and they will give over one another and will hate one another.
I have spoken these things to you that My joy may abide in you, and your joy may be made full.
But I have spoken these things to you so that when the hour comes you may recall them, that I told you. But I did not say these things to you from the beginning because I was with you.
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles, or is caused to stumble, or is weak.
for your examining the differing things, that you may be sincere and without blame for the day of Christ,
and “a Stone-of-stumbling, and a Rockof- offense” to the ones stumbling, being disobedient to the Word, to which they were also appointed. Isa. 8:14