1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But (A)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become (B)a [a]stumbling block to those who are weak.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:9 cause of offense
Galatians 5:13
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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.
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Romans 14:20-21
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20 (A)Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. (B)All things indeed are pure, (C)but it is evil for the man who eats with [a]offense. 21 It is good neither to eat (D)meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles [b]or is offended or is made weak.
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- Romans 14:20 A feeling of giving offense
- Romans 14:21 NU omits the rest of v. 21.
1 Peter 2:16
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16 (A)as free, yet not (B)using liberty as a cloak for [a]vice, but as bondservants of God.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 wickedness
2 Peter 2:19
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19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of [a]corruption; (A)for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into [b]bondage.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 depravity
- 2 Peter 2:19 slavery
Romans 14:1-2
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The Law of Liberty
14 Receive(A) one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. 2 For one believes he (B)may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
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1 Corinthians 10:24
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24 Let no one seek his own, but each one (A)the other’s well-being.
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1 Corinthians 10:32
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32 (A)Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,
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1 Corinthians 9:22
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22 (A)to the weak I became [a]as weak, that I might win the weak. (B)I have become all things to all men, (C)that I might by all means save some.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as
1 Corinthians 8:12
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12 But (A)when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
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1 Corinthians 8:10
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10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not (A)the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols?
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Romans 14:13-15
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13 Therefore let us not judge one another [a]anymore, but rather resolve this, (A)not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.
The Law of Love
14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus (B)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. (C)Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
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- Romans 14:13 any longer
Revelation 2:14
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14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, (B)to eat things sacrificed to idols, (C)and to commit sexual immorality.
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2 Corinthians 11:21
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21 To our shame (A)I say that we were too weak for that! But (B)in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.
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1 Corinthians 10:29
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29 “Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other. For (A)why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?
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Romans 15:1
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Bearing Others’ Burdens
15 We (A)then who are strong ought to bear with the [a]scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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- Romans 15:1 weaknesses
Luke 17:1-2
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Jesus Warns of Offenses(A)
17 Then He said to the disciples, (B)“It is impossible that no [a]offenses should come, but (C)woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should [b]offend one of these little ones.
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Ezekiel 14:3
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3 “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them (A)that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. (B)Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?
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Isaiah 57:14
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Healing for the Backslider
14 And one shall say,
(A)“Heap it up! Heap it up!
Prepare the way,
Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
Isaiah 35:3
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- Isaiah 35:3 Lit. sinking
- Isaiah 35:3 tottering or stumbling
Leviticus 19:14
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14 You shall not curse the deaf, (A)nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
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Matthew 18:10
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep(A)
10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 18:6-7
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Jesus Warns of Offenses(A)
6 (B)“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of [a]offenses! For (C)offenses must come, but (D)woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
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- Matthew 18:7 enticements to sin
Ezekiel 44:12
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12 Because they ministered to them before their idols and (A)caused[a] the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore I have (B)raised My hand in an oath against them,” says the Lord God, “that they shall bear their iniquity.
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- Ezekiel 44:12 Lit. became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel
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