Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Discretion » Leads to tactfulness
And he said to them, "What I have done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-Gilead and said to them, "May you be blessed by Yahweh because you did this loyal love with your lord, with Saul, and you buried him.
Now [when] Paul realized that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he shouted out in the Sanhedrin, "Men [and] brothers! I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead!"
[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],
Ministers » Should avoid giving unnecessary offence
[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],
{Give no offense} both to Jews and to Greeks and to the church of God, just as I also please all [people] in all [things], not seeking my own benefit, but the [benefit] of the many, in order that they may be saved.
Offence » Occasions of, forbidden
[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],
{Give no offense} both to Jews and to Greeks and to the church of God,
Offence » Ministers should » Be cautious of giving
[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],