John 16:1 - New Revised Standard Version “I have said these things to you 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. |
yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor except in their own country and in their own house.”
Then many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.
to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,
and “A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.