John 16:1 - Tree of Life Version “I have spoken these things to you so that you may be kept 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 he has no root himself but lasts only a short while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
And they took offense at Him. But Yeshua said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”
And then many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one other.
These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full.
But I have spoken these things to you so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.”
It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything by which your brother stumbles.
in order to approve what is excellent—so that in the Day of Messiah you may be sincere and blameless,
and “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed.