"These thingsI have spokento you sothat you may be keptfrom stumbling.
"And blessedis he whodoes not take offenseat Me."
yethe hasno[firm] rootin himself,but is [only] temporary,and when afflictionorpersecutionarisesbecauseof the word,immediatelyhe falls away.
And they took offenseat Him. But Jesussaidto them, "A prophetis not without honorexceptin his hometownand in his [own] household."
"At that timemanywill fall awayand will betrayoneanotherand hateone another.
"These thingsI have spokento you sothat My joymay be in you, and [that] your joymay be made full.
"But these thingsI have spokento you, sothat whentheir hourcomes,you may rememberthat I toldyou of them. These thingsI did not sayto you at the beginning,becauseI was with you.
It is goodnot to eatmeatorto drinkwine,or[to do anything] by whichyour brotherstumbles.
sothat you may approvethe things that are excellent,in orderto be sincereand blamelessuntilthe dayof Christ;
and, "A STONEOF STUMBLINGAND A ROCKOF OFFENSE";for they stumblebecause they are disobedientto the word,and to this[doom] they were alsoappointed.
