1 Corinthians 8:9
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9 But take care (A)that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block (B)to the weak.
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another.
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Romans 14:20-21
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20 (A)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. (B)Everything is indeed clean, but (C)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 (D)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[a]
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- Romans 14:21 Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened
2 Peter 2:19
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19 They promise them (A)freedom, (B)but they themselves are slaves[a] of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
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- 2 Peter 2:19 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
1 Peter 2:16
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16 (A)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (B)living as servants[a] of God.
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- 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Romans 14:1-2
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Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
14 As for (A)the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 (B)One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.
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1 Corinthians 10:32
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32 (A)Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to (B)the church of God,
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1 Corinthians 10:24
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24 (A)Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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1 Corinthians 9:22
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22 (A)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (B)I have become all things to all people, that (C)by all means I might save some.
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1 Corinthians 8:12
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12 Thus, sinning against your brothers[a] and (A)wounding their conscience when it is weak, (B)you sin against Christ.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:12 Or brothers and sisters
1 Corinthians 8:10
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10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating[a] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,[b] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?
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- 1 Corinthians 8:10 Greek reclining at table
- 1 Corinthians 8:10 Or fortified; Greek built up
Romans 14:13-15
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Do Not Cause Another to Stumble
13 (A)Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide (B)never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus (C)that nothing is unclean in itself, (D)but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, (E)you are no longer walking in love. (F)By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.
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Revelation 2:14
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14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might (B)eat food sacrificed to idols and (C)practice sexual immorality.
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2 Corinthians 11:21
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21 To my shame, I must say, (A)we were too weak for that!
But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.
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1 Corinthians 10:29
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29 I do not mean (A)your conscience, but his. For (B)why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience?
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Romans 15:1
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The Example of Christ
15 (A)We who are strong (B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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Luke 17:1-2
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Temptations to Sin
17 And he said to his disciples, (A)“Temptations to sin[a] are (B)sure to come, but (C)woe to the one through whom they come! 2 (D)It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.[b]
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Isaiah 35:3
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3 (A)Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
Leviticus 19:14
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14 (A)You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall (B)fear your God: I am the Lord.
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Matthew 18:10
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “See that you do not despise (A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.[a]
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- Matthew 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost
Matthew 18:6-7
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6 but (A)whoever causes one of these (B)little ones who believe in me to sin,[a] it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
Temptations to Sin
7 “Woe to the world for (C)temptations to sin![b] (D)For it is necessary that temptations come, (E)but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
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- Matthew 18:6 Greek causes… to stumble; also verses 8, 9
- Matthew 18:7 Greek stumbling blocks
Ezekiel 44:12
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12 Because they ministered to them before their idols and became (A)a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have (B)sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment.
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Ezekiel 14:3
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3 (A)“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set (B)the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. (C)Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them?
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Isaiah 57:14
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Comfort for the Contrite
14 And it shall be said,
(A)“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people's way.”
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