John 16:1 - Revised Standard Version “I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away. 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 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.
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”
And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another.
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
and “A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall”; for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.