John 16:1 - The Text-Critical English New Testament “I have said these things to you so that you will not fall 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 is only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately falls away.
And they took offense at him. Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
Many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
I have spoken these things to you so that my joy may abide in you, and so that your joy may be full.
But I have said these things to you so that when the hour comes you will remember that I said them to you. 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 by which yoʋr brother stumbles or is offended or made weak.
so that you may approve what is excellent in order to be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,
and, “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” By disobeying the word they stumble, which is what they were appointed to do.