Matthew 18:7

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Summary

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

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Jesus said to his disciples: "It is inevitable that there should be snares; yet alas for him who is answerable for them!

Boasting, as you do, of your Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?

Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

All who are in the position of slaves should regard their masters as deserving of the greatest respect, so that the Name of God, and our Teaching, may not be maligned.

and to be discreet, pure-minded, domesticated, good women, ready to submit to their husbands, in order that God's Message may not be maligned.

There will be many, too, who will follow their licentious courses, and cause the Way of the Truth to be maligned.

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And, when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; such things must occur; but the end is not yet.

"Brothers," he said, "it was necessary that the prediction of Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit made by the lips of David about Judas, who acted as guide to the men that arrested Jesus,

Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the men of real worth become known.

Do not let any one deceive you, whatever he may do. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the appearing of that Incarnation of Wickedness, that the Lost soul,

But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the Faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

Be sure of this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

For a time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching. They will follow their own wishes, and, in their itching for novelty, procure themselves a crowd of teachers.

For there have crept in among you certain godless people, whose sentence has long since been pronounced, and who make the mercy of God an excuse for profligacy, and disown our only lord and master, Jesus Christ.