Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
2 Corinthians 6:3 - King James Version - American Edition Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not 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: |
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: