John 16:1

The English Standar Version

"I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

Cross References

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is the one who is not offended by 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.[2]

Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."

Matthew 24:10

And then many will fall away[1] 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 them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Romans 14:21

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[3]

Philippians 1:10

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

1 Peter 2:8

and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.