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
But I have one or two things against you: you have some adherents there of the tenets of Balaam, who taught Balak how to set a pitfall before the sons of Israel by making them eat food which had been sacrificed to idols and give way to sexual vice.
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So let us stop criticizing one another; rather make up your mind never to put any stumbling-block or hindrance in your brother's way.
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but our message is Christ the crucified ??a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles,
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Woe to you jurists! you have taken the key that unlocks the door of knowledge; you have not entered yourselves, and you have stopped those who were entering."
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And David says, Let their table prove a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a retribution for them;
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But see that the exercise of your right does not prove any stumbling-block to the weak. Suppose anyone sees you, a person of enlightened mind, reclining at meat inside an idol's temple; will that really 'fortify his weak conscience'? Will it not embolden him to violate his scruples of conscience by eating food that has been offered to idols? He is ruined, this weak man, ruined by your 'enlightened mind,' this brother for whose sake Christ died! read more.
By sinning against the brotherhood in this way and wounding their weaker consciences, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore if food is any hindrance to my brother's welfare, sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!
By sinning against the brotherhood in this way and wounding their weaker consciences, you are sinning against Christ. Therefore if food is any hindrance to my brother's welfare, sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!