Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
character of the unrenewed Heart » Idolatrous
Idolatry » Consists in » Setting up idols in the heart
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Stumbling blocks
Stumbling » Figurative » Stumbling-block
Yet I hold it somewhat against you that you have among you some adherents of the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entrap the children of Israel into eating meat that had been sacrificed to idols, and into immoral practices.
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Therefore let us not criticize one another any more. You must resolve instead never to put any hindrance or obstacle in your brother's way.
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but we proclaim a Christ who was crucified??n idea that is revolting to Jews and absurd to the heathen,
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Alas for you experts in the Law! For you have taken the key to the door of knowledge, but you have not entered it yourselves, and you have kept out those who tried to enter."
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And David said, "Let their feasting prove a snare and a trap to them, Their ruin and their retribution.
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But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous. For if somebody sees you, who are intelligent about this matter, attending a dinner in an idol's temple, will not he, with his sensitive conscience, be led to eat meat that is offered to idols? For this overscrupulous brother, for whom Christ died, is ruined by what you call your knowledge. read more.
But in sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their too scrupulous consciences, you are really sinning against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.
But in sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their too scrupulous consciences, you are really sinning against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.