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John 16:1

FaithFaithfulness and loyalty
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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Compare

BSB
“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
KJV
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
WEB
“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
ASV
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.
DARBY
These things I have spoken unto you that ye may not be offended.
BLB
[“] I have spoken these things to you⁺ so that you⁺ should not fall away.
ÅB
Dette har jeg talt til dere for at dere ikke skal ta anstøt.
OTB
"Jeg har sagt dette til dere for at dere ikke skal bli ført til synd.
B1930
Dette har jeg talt til eder forat I ikke skal ta anstøt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Peter 2:8

    And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

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  • Matthew 13:21

    Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

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  • Matthew 26:31–33

    Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

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  • John 15:18–27

    If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

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  • Matthew 24:10

    And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

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  • John 16:4

    But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

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  • Romans 14:21

    It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

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  • Matthew 11:6

    And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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