John 16:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble. Common English Bible I have said these things to you so that you won’t fall away. Catholic Public Domain Version "These things I have spoken to you, so that you would not stumble. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version THESE things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized. |
But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
And they were offended by him. Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honour except in his home town and in his household.’
‘I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you will remember that I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
It is a good thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.
so that you may approve the things that are superior and may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,
and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. , They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this.