‘But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fish hook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you.’
2 Corinthians 6:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised We are not giving anyone an occasion for offence, so that the ministry will not be blamed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We put no obstruction in anybody's way [we give no offense in anything], so that no fault may be found and [our] ministry blamed and discredited. American Standard Version (1901) giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; Common English Bible We don’t give anyone any reason to be offended about anything so that our ministry won’t be criticized. Catholic Public Domain Version May we never give offense to anyone, so that our ministry may not be disparaged. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed: |
‘But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fish hook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you.’
‘But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away #– #it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung round his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.
Not only do we run a risk that our business may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be despised and her magnificence come to the verge of ruin #– #the very one all of Asia and the world worship.’
Therefore, let us no longer judge one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in the way of your brother or sister.
If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don’t we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right; instead, we endure everything so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ.
To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticise us about this large sum that we are administering.